INTEREST OF B.F.

Case No. 2D19-459.

283 So.3d 990 (2019)

In the INTEREST OF B.F. and A.F., children. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Petitioners, v. R.F. and S.M., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed November 22, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary Soorus , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Petitioner, Department of Children and Families.

Joanna S. Brunnell and Thomasina F. Moore , Tallahassee, for Petitioner, Guardian ad Litem Program.

Melissa A. Cordon , Tampa, for Respondent, R.F.

Ita M. Neymotin , Regional Counsel, Second District, and Joseph Thye Sexton , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Fort Myers, for Respondent, S.M.


The Department of Children and Families (the Department) challenges the order that denied its petition to shelter B.F. and A.F. (the Children) from R.F. (the Father) and S.M. (the Mother).1 The Department argues that this proceeding should be considered as an...

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