FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES v. S.D.

No. 1D05-5800.

921 So.2d 801 (2006)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Petitioner, v. S.D., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Levine, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee and Sondra R. Schwartz, Assistant General Counsel, Orange Park, for Petitioner.

Darla Jean Christopher, Macclenny, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Because the lower court violated the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, codified at section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2005), by placing the child, M.T. with her mother, S.D., in Georgia, which is not a "visit" under ICPC Regulation No. 9, without obtaining the consent of the appropriate public authorities of Georgia, we GRANT the petition for writ of certiorari, vacate the order, and remand for further proceedings. See H.P v. Dep't of...

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