M.C.
v.
DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ET AL.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2019-04-03
No. 19-0553
Hendon, J., Logue, J., Scales, J., Lopez, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2019)

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Holding

The trial court's order modifying the mother's visitation to therapeutic visits was improper and must be quashed.


Facts & Procedural History

M.C., a mother, challenged a circuit court order that modified her visitation rights to therapeutic visits only in a dependency matter. The Department…

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Opinion of the Court
Hendon

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed April 3, 2019. ________________ No. 3D19-553 Lower Tribunal No. 18-15589 ________________ M.C., the mother, Petitioner, vs. Department of Children and Families, et al., Respondents. A Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Carlos Lopez, Judge. Eugene F. Zenobi, Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region, and Kevin Coyle Colbert, Assistant Regional Counsel, for petitioner. Karla Perkins, for the Department of Children and Families; Thomasina F. Moore and Laura Lee (Tallahassee), for the Guardian ad Litem Program, for respondents. Before LOGUE, SCALES and HENDON, JJ.

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

HENDON, J.

Based on the State’s proper confession of error, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari, quash the trial court's order modifying the Mother’s visitation to therapeutic visits, and remand for further proceedings. Petition for writ of certiorari granted; order quashed; case remanded. 2


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