JUSTICE ADMINISTRATIVE COM'N v. BERRY

Nos. 3D08-2541, 3D08-2266.

5 So.3d 696 (2009)

The JUSTICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION, etc., Petitioner, v. Maria BERRY and Manuel F. Garcia, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Presnell, General Counsel, and Christian D. Lake, Assistant General Counsel, for petitioner.

Kevin G. Thomas, for respondents.

Before WELLS, SHEPHERD, and SUAREZ, JJ.


WELLS, Judge.

In these separate petitions for writ of certiorari, the Justice Administrative Commission seeks review of two final orders directing it to pay attorneys' fees to two attorneys, Manuel Garcia and Maria Berry, for representing putative fathers in separate termination of parental rights ("TPR") proceedings. We consolidate the petitions for purposes of review and grant the petitions, finding that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of...

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