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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES v. STATE

No. 2D13-2818.

124 So.3d 430 (2013)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida and Michael Barnett, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 1, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alicia Victoria Gonzalez , Tampa, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent State of Florida.

Bob Dillinger , Public Defender, and Jill Menadier , Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Respondent Michael Barnett.

VILLANTI, Judge.

The Department of Children & Family Services seeks a writ of certiorari to quash the trial court's order that involuntarily committed criminal defendant Michael Barnett to the Department's care and custody after he was found incompetent to proceed on criminal charges. Both the Attorney General's Office and Barnett agree that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law in committing Barnett to the Department because his...

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