NATURAL PARENTS OF J.B. v. FLORIDA DCFS.

No. SC96171.

780 So.2d 6 (2001)

The NATURAL PARENTS OF J.B., Petitioners, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Rogow and Beverly A. Pohl of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Respondent.


QUINCE, J.

We have for review a decision on the following question certified by the Fourth District Court of Appeal to be of great public importance:

IS SECTION 39.467(4), NOW SECTION 39.809(4), FLORIDA STATUTES (SUPP.1998), REQUIRING A MANDATORY CLOSURE OF ALL HEARINGS IN TPR PROCEEDINGS VALID UNDER THE UNITED STATES AND FLORIDA CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING ACCESS OF THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA TO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS?

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