DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. S.B.

Case No. 5D19-538.

274 So.3d 1170 (2019)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. S.B., Mother of J.B., A Child and Guardian Ad Litem, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley Schaeffer , of Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for Petitioner.

Joseph M. Conti , Melbourne, for Respondent, S.B.

Thomasina F. Moore and Joanna Summers Brunell , Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Respondent, Guardian ad Litem Program.


The Department of Children and Families ("DCF") petitions for a writ of certiorari and seeks to quash two orders entered by the lower court, both of which temporarily placed J.B. ("Child") in a relative's custody outside of Florida pending the outcome of S.B.'s ("Mother") dependency proceeding. We grant the petition, quash the orders,...

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