DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. J.F.C.

No. 5D05-1224.

901 So.2d 417 (2005)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. J.F.C., a Child, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. McMurphy of Department of Children and Families, Wildwood, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The Department of Children and Families, ("DCF"), petitions for certiorari relief to quash an order finding a juvenile incompetent to proceed in a delinquency proceeding and committing the juvenile to DCF.

DCF challenges the commitment order because it was entered without prior notice being given to it. All parties to the proceeding agree that failure to give notice was error.

Accordingly, we grant the petition, issue the writ, quash the...

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