STATE v. A.A.

No. 4D12-771.

110 So.3d 988 (2013)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. A.A., a Child, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. The state contends that the trial court could not dismiss this juvenile case, because the court had not acquired jurisdiction as the child had not been served. However, the child had been detained and taken into custody. Therefore, jurisdiction attached. See § 985.0301, Fla. Stat. (2011):

(1) The circuit court has exclusive original jurisdiction of proceedings in which a child is alleged to have committed a delinquent...

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