M.S. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

No. 3D22-1108.

346 So.3d 678 (2022)

M.S., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Guardian ad Litem Program, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed August 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Siverson Law Firm PLLC, and Scott E. Siverson (Winter Garden), for petitioner.

Karla Perkins , for respondent, Department of Children and Families, and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb , and Desirée Erin Fernández (Tallahassee), for respondent, Guardian ad Litem Program.

Before SCALES, MILLER, and GORDO, JJ.


Petitioner, M.S., seeks certiorari relief from a protective order prohibiting a post-trial deposition of a recanting child witness in the underlying termination of parental rights proceedings. Petitioner contends the trial court violated his due process rights by divesting him of the ability to examine

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