DEP'T OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. D.H.C.

Case No. 5D23-0896.

360 So.3d 454 (2023)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Guardian ad Litem, Appellants, v. D.H.C. and W.A.H., Parents of L.H., A.H., and S.H., Children, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion Filed May 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Batten , of Children's Legal Services, Brooksville, for Appellant, Department of Children and Families.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb , Statewide Director of Appeals, Laura J. Lee , Assistant Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass , Senior Attorney, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Appellant, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office.

J. Michael Blackstone , Crystal River, for Appellees.


The Florida Department of Children and Families ("the Department"), joined by the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, appeals the trial court's order denying the Department's Affidavit and Verified Dependency Shelter Petition concerning the child at issue, S.H. We have jurisdiction. See Art. V, § 4(b)(1), Fla. Const.; Fla. R...

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