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D.B. v. Department of Children & Families1D20-1099

Court
1st DCA
Decided
2020-10-14
Case
Dependency
Appellant
Other

Certiorari / writ denied Certiorari petition challenging a shelter order was denied as moot because the parent later consented to an adjudication of dependency.

Issue
Shelter

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         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
                  _____________________________
                          No. 1D20-1099
                  _____________________________ D.B.,
    Petitioner,
    v. STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, and A.T.,
    Respondents.
               _____________________________

Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction.

                        October 14, 2020

PER CURIAM.
     DENIED. See L.M.B. v. Dep’t of Children & Families,
28 So. 3d 217
 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) (denying challenge to a shelter order as moot where the parent subsequently consented to an adjudication of dependency).

MAKAR, OSTERHAUS, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur.
                _____________________________

    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
               _____________________________

Richard A. Schurr and Bonnie M. Sack of Richard A. Schurr, P.A., Coral Gables; Raymond J. Rafool of Rafool, LLC, Miami, for Petitioner.

Sarah J. Rumph, Appellate Counsel, Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee; Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee; Ross A. Keene of Ross Keene Law, P.A., Pensacola, for Respondents.

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