DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. H.G.

No. 5D05-119.

922 So.2d 1072 (2006)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellant, v. H.G. and J.G., etc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Peters, Orlando, for Appellant.

Vicki Levy Eskin, of Levy & Associates, P.A., Lake Mary, for Appellees.


THOMPSON, J.

The Department of Children and Families ("DCF") challenges the trial court's award of attorney's fees under section 57.105, Florida Statutes (2004), in favor of J.G. and H.G., the appellees, and against DCF in a dependency matter. We reverse the order awarding attorney's fees.

The child has been in and out of foster care all of his life. His mother is deceased, and his father has been incarcerated most of the child's life. He has multiple developmental...

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