DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. BRONSON

No. 5D11-3508.

79 So.3d 199 (2012)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. Steven H. BRONSON and State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Shane DeBoard , Regional Counsel, DCF, Orlando, for Petitioner.

Robert Wesley , Public Defender, and Laura J. Kolssner , Assistant Public Defender, Kissimmee, for Respondent Steven H. Bronson.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Megan Saillant , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent State of Florida.


EVANDER, J.

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) seeks certiorari review of an order involuntarily committing Steven Bronson, a criminal defendant, to the custody of DCF pursuant to section 394.467, Florida Statutes (2011). Because the trial court failed to comply with the procedural requirements set forth in that statute, we grant the petition.

On December 29, 2010, Bronson was arrested for, and charged...

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