DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. S.T.

Case No. 5D22-536.

353 So.3d 1246 (2022)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. S.T., Paternal Aunt, and P.K., Paternal Grandfather, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion Filed December 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley Schaeffer , of Children's Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Bradenton, for Petitioner.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee , Assistant Director of Appeals, of Guardian ad Litem, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

Sarah J. Campbell , of Jay and Campbell, PLLC, Stuart, and Ashley Severance , of Law Offices of Ashley Severance, Melbourne, for Respondents.


The Department of Children and Families ("DCF") joined by the Guardian ad Litem ("GAL") (collectively "Petitioners") petition this court for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the circuit court's order that permitted S.T., the paternal aunt, and P.K., the paternal grandfather, (collectively "Respondents") to intervene in the underlying...

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