DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. MUSA

Case No. 2D20-2881.

321 So.3d 908 (2021)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. Maher Mohammad MUSA and State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed May 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alicia Victoria Gonzalez , Assistant Suncoast Regional Legal Counsel of Department of Children and Families, Tampa, for Petitioner.

Sara Mollo , Public Defender, and Joy K. Goodyear , Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Respondent, Maher Mohammad Musa.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent, State of Florida.


The Department of Children and Families (the Department) petitions this court for a writ of certiorari quashing an order of commitment. Because the commitment order does not meet the criteria prescribed in section 916.13, Florida Statutes (2019), we grant the Department's petition and quash the order.

Maher Mohammad Musa was...

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