JUSTICE ADMINISTRATIVE COM'N v. HARP

No. 5D09-3058.

24 So.3d 779 (2009)

JUSTICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. Osa J. HARP, IV, Esquire, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian D. Lake, Assistant General Counsel, The Justice Administrative Commission, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.


ORFINGER, J.

The Justice Administrative Commission (JAC) seeks certiorari review of an order requiring it to pay the attorney's fees of a mother's court-appointed private counsel in a termination of parental rights proceeding. Because the mother executed a voluntary written surrender of her parental rights pursuant to section 39.806(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2008), before the termination proceedings were initiated, she was not entitled to publicly-funded counsel. Consequently...

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