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S.C. v. GUARDIAN AD LITEM

No. 4D02-3414.

845 So.2d 953 (2003)

S.C., a minor child, Petitioner, v. GUARDIAN AD LITEM, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxine Williams of Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Tracy S. Carlin of Mills & Carlin, P.A., Jacksonville, and Karusha Y. Sharpe, Tallahassee, for Respondent-Guardian Ad Litem.

Jeffrey Dana Gillen, West Palm Beach for Respondent Department of Children and Families.

Bernard Perlmutter, Pamela Airmar, Marissel Planes and Andrew Boese, Coral Gables, for amicus curiae-University of Miami School of Law Children & Youth Law Clinic.

Mary K. Wimsett, Gainesville, for amicus curiae-State of Florida, Guardian Ad Litem Programs.

STONE, J.

We treat this non-final appeal as a petition for certiorari, grant the petition, and quash the trial court's order allowing a guardian ad litem unrestricted access to the records of the minor/petitioner's treating therapist.1

Pursuant to section 39.402, Florida Statutes, the Department of Children and Family Services ("the department") filed a shelter petition for Petitioner, alleging several reported acts of abuse and...

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