IN RE J.W.

No. 2D03-5766.

890 So.2d 337 (2004)

In the Interest of J.W., a child. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellant, v. J.W., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Sherman of Department of Children and Families, Bartow, for Appellant.

Maria C. Gallo of Buerger Law Firm, Bartow, for Appellee.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

The Department of Children and Family Services appeals an order denying its motion to place J.W., a dependent child, into a residential mental health treatment facility.1 The trial court denied the motion after concluding that the Department had not established by clear and convincing evidence that residential treatment was the least restrictive means of treating J.W. We reverse and remand for a new hearing on the Department...

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