R.L.R. v. STATE

No. 3D13-1025.

116 So.3d 570 (2013)

R.L.R., a child, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida and the Florida Department of Children and Families, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & McKenzie and Angela C. Vigil and Robert H. Moore , Miami, for petitioner.

Karla Perkins , Miami, for respondent, Florida Department of Children and Families; Hillary Kambour , for respondent, Guardian Ad Litem Program.

Marsha L. Levick and Riya Saha Shah and Kacey Mordecai and Michael J. Dale , Fort Lauderdale-Davie, for the Florida Association of Counsel for Children Juvenile Law Center, National Association of Counsel for Children, and the Youth Center, as amici curiae.

Robin L. Rosenberg , Coral Springs; Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky, Abate & Webb and Maria Elena Abate , Fort Lauderdale, for Florida Children's First, The Children's Advocacy Program of Broward County, The Community Law Program, Lawyers for Children American, and the University of Miami School of Law Children and Youth Law Clinic, as amici curiae.

Before SHEPHERD, SUAREZ and FERNANDEZ, JJ.


SUAREZ, J.

The Petitioner, R.L.R., seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the lower court to reverse its order directing the minor Petitioner's Attorneys Ad Litem to disclose the Petitioner's whereabouts, where the Petitioner had given the information to his attorneys and requested them not to disclose the information. The trial court's order requiring the attorneys to disclose this information recognizes the attorney-client privilege but finds the disclosure is required...

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