STATE v. T.M.

No. 2D98-3778.

761 So.2d 1140 (2000)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. T.M., A.N. and D.N., Juveniles, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Michael J. Neimand, Assistant Attorney General, Ft. Lauderdale, for Appellant.

Bruce G. Howie of Piper, Ludin, Howie & Werner, P.A., St. Petersburg, and Robert L. Hambrick, Clearwater, for Appellees.

Edward D. Foreman and Stephen M. Todd, St. Petersburg, for the City of Pinellas Park, Amicus Curiae.


DAVIS, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court's order declaring the City of Pinellas Park's juvenile curfew ordinance to be an unconstitutional restriction on a parent's fundamental right to raise his or her child. We reverse.

THE CURFEW ORDINANCE

The City originally adopted its juvenile curfew ordinance on May 22, 1997, to reduce juvenile crime and victimization. The ordinance declares it unlawful for a juvenile to be or remain in a public...

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