FLORIDA DCF v. S.D.

No. 3D08-1000.

983 So.2d 655 (2008)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. S.D., Mother, and D.N., Father, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karla Perkins, Assistant District Legal Counsel, Florida Department of Children & Families, for petitioner.

Joseph P. George, Jr., Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region of Florida, and Richard F. Joyce, Executive Assistant Regional Counsel; Jorge A. Sibila, Miami, for respondents.

Before SUAREZ, LAGOA, and SALTER, JJ.


SUAREZ, J.

The Florida Department of Children & Families ("DCF") petitions this court for a writ of certiorari and requests that we quash the trial court's Custody Release Order dated April 24, 2008. We grant the petition.

Infant, Dei. N., was taken into DCF care for a second time on April 24, 2008. DCF filed the present affidavit and Petition for Placement after the death of Dei. N.'s twin on April 24, 2008, alleging abuse by the parents. The trial court...

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