DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. GARCIA

No. 3D18-0479.

245 So.3d 919 (2018)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. Adalberto GARCIA, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed April 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Salman , Assistant Regional Legal Counsel, for petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Michael W. Mervine , Assistant Attorney General; Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and John Eddy Morrison , Assistant Public Defender, for respondents.

Before EMAS, FERNANDEZ and LUCK, JJ.


The state department of children and families petitions for a writ of certiorari from the trial court's order involuntarily committing defendant Adalberto Garcia to the department after Garcia was found incompetent to proceed with his pending felony lobster-catching charges. We grant the petition because the trial court exceeded its jurisdiction...

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