The Justice Administrative Commission (JAC) petitions this court for a writ of certiorari, challenging a circuit court order compelling the JAC to process bills for payment of attorneys’ fees on behalf of counsel who were appointed to represent the grandparents of a juvenile in a dependency proceeding. As indicated in Justice Administrative Commission v. Peterson, 989 So.2d 663 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008), and reiterated in Justice Administrative Commission v. Grover, 12 So.3d 1256 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009), the grandparents do not have a constitutional or statutory right to such *1004 counsel and there is no authority to compel the JAC to effect payment of these fees. The circuit court thus departed from the essential requirements of law as to this matter. The petition for a writ of certiora-ri is therefore granted, and the challenged order is quashed.
Justice Administrative Commission v. Stanford16 So. 3d 1003 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009) · 1D09-2360
- Court
- 1st DCA
- Decided
- 2009-08-28
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- Justice Administrative Commission v. Grover 1D09-1613 · 1st DCA 2009Writ granted quashing an order making the Justice Administrative Commission pay appointed counsel for a grandmother who did not qualify for publicly funded counsel.
- Justice Administrative Com'n v. Peterson 2D07-6075 · 2nd DCA 2008Order making the state pay appointed counsel for a nonparent grandfather custodian quashed because only indigent parents have a right to appointed counsel in dependency.