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IN RE J.B.

No. 2D11-4366.

101 So.3d 407 (2012)

In the Interest of J.B., a child. City of Plant City, Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 28, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Scarritt, Jr. , and Martin J. Champagne, Jr. , of Scarritt Law Group, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Bernie McCabe , State Attorney, and Leslie M. Layne , Assistant State Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Jennifer S. Paullin of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tavares, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

Patricia Alten , St. Petersburg, Attorney ad Litem for J.B., a child.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The City of Plant City appeals an order denying its motion to inspect court records in a dependency case. We conclude that the City met its statutory burden to demonstrate that it had a proper interest in inspecting the records, and we reverse the order denying the City's request.

J.B. is a child whose mother was killed in 2008 and whose father is incarcerated for that murder. The circumstances of her mother's death gave rise to a wrongful...

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