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DCF v. LEONS

Nos. 4D06-4773 to 4D06-4775, 4D06-4990, 4D06-4991, 4D06-5079 to 4D06-5082.

948 So.2d 988 (2007)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellant, v. Marvin LEONS, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob C. Jackson, Chief Legal Counsel, District 10, Fort Lauderdale and Leslie Hinds St-Surin, Assistant District Legal Counsel, Miami, for appellant.

Howard Finkelstein, Public Defender and Diane M. Cuddihy, Chief Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

MAY, J.

Crisis driven, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) petitions this court for an emergency writ of prohibition or certiorari to vacate a trial court order that requires the DCF to provide mental health treatment to persons found to be incompetent while in jail awaiting placement in a forensic facility.1 The DCF argues that the trial court's order departed from the essential requirements of law and violated the separation...

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