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J.W. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D11-4189.

84 So.3d 1157 (2012)

J.W., Father of J.W., A Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 28, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula C. Coffman and Jeffrey D. Deen , Regional Counsel of the Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Orlando, for Appellant.

Rosemarie Farrell , of the Department of Children & Families, Orlando, for Appellees, the Department of Children & Families.

David C. Knapp , of McDonald Toole Wiggins, P.A., Orlando, for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

J.W., the father of a dependent child, appeals from an order requiring him to participate in a drug court program as a case plan requirement. Appellant highlights that section 397.334, Florida Statutes, which authorizes counties to fund drug court programs for criminal defendants provides that "[e]ntry into ... [the] program shall be voluntary." § 397.334(2), Fla. Stat. (2011). It also specifies that a "court may order an individual to enter into...

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