DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. STATE

Case No. 5D21-1596.

324 So.3d 70 (2021)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida and Sonia Renea Clay, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. McGinley , Florida Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent, State of Florida.

No Appearance for Other Respondent.


The Department of Children and Families ("DCF"), a non-party to a criminal felony case, petitions for certiorari review of a monetary judgment entered against it. Because the trial court did not have jurisdiction to enter the judgment, we grant the petition and quash the judgment.

In 2016, the trial court accepted Sonia Clay's...

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