DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. P.F.

No. 5D12-4296.

107 So.3d 1123 (2012)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Petitioner, v. P.F., Mother of K.A., a Child, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth E. Antrim , Department of Children and Families, Children's Legal Services, Inverness, and Deborah A. Schroth , Department of Children & Families, Orange Park, for Petitioner.

E. Juan Lynum , of Lynum & Associates, PLLC, for Petitioner, J.A., Father.

Christopher S. Mulligan , Brooksville, for Respondent, P.F., Mother.

Wendie Michelle Cooper , Guardian ad Litem Program, Tavares, for Guardian ad Litem.


GRIFFIN, J.

Petitioners, Department of Children and Families ["DCF"] and J.A., the father, seek certiorari review of the trial court's order on the October 1 and 5, 2012 Keeping Children Safe Act1 ["KCSA"] hearing that granted the maternal grandfather access to the child, K.A. DCF is correct that the statutory procedure was not followed. Accordingly, we grant the petition, quash the order of...

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