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DEP'T OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES v. DESPAIGNE

Case No. 5D22-1186.

348 So.3d 1221 (2022)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. Osmar Brito DESPAIGNE and State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed October 7, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Shane DeBoard , Regional Legal Counsel, Orlando, for Petitioner.

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

Robert Wesley , Public Defender, and Robert Thompson Adams, IV , Assistant Public Defender, Orlando, for Respondent, Osmar Brito Despaigne.

The Department of Children and Families ("DCF") timely petitions this Court for a writ of certiorari, seeking to quash the trial court's order involuntarily committing Osmar Brito Despaigne to DCF. We grant the petition.

In February 2022, Despaigne was indicted for the first-degree murder of Shawn Manella. Due to concerns about Despaigne...

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