DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES v. M.L.

No. 3D08-1187.

984 So.2d 606 (2008)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Petitioner, v. M.L., Mother, and The Guardian Ad Litem Program, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karla Perkins, Assistant District Legal Counsel, for petitioner, Department of Children and Family Services.

Joseph P. George, Jr., Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third District, and Mark Graham Hanson, Assistant Regional Counsel, for respondent, M.L.; Hillary S. Kambour, Appellate Attorney, for respondent, The Guardian Ad Litem Program.

Before GREEN, SHEPHERD, and CORTIÑAS, JJ.


SHEPHERD, J.

The Florida Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) seeks certiorari relief from a dependency court order squelching DCFS's attempt to reinstate supervision over a minor child, N.P., three years after entry of an order terminating supervision based upon a provision in the earlier order in which the court "expressly retain[ed] jurisdiction of th[e] cause for the purpose of making such further or other orders as may be necessary for the welfare...

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