DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. T.L.

No. 4D03-1624.

854 So.2d 819 (2003)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellant, v. T.L., a Minor Child, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lori R. Shapiro, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Felicia Shaman of the Law Office of Felicia Shaman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STEVENSON, J.

This dependency case concerns whether the trial court erred in placing the minor child, T.L., in the home of a relative without the completion of a home study. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(4). Because the governing statutes and case law required that a home study be completed prior to the trial court placing T.L. with her maternal aunt, we reverse.

T.L. was removed from the custody of her...

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