A.C. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D19-1112.

284 So.3d 1077 (2019)

A.C., the Mother, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony P. Ryan , Regional Counsel, and Richard G. Bartmon , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Andrew Feigenbaum , of Children's Legal Service, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Thomasina F. Moore , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee , Senior Attorney, Tallahassee, for Florida Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Program.


A mother petitions for a writ of certiorari to quash a case plan order that requires her to submit to a parental fitness evaluation ("PFE"). She argues the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law because the evidence does not establish the mother's mental health was in controversy. We disagree and deny the petition...

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