R.J., the child at issue, appealed the trial court’s order granting his petition for dependency but denying placement in licensed care. The Fourth District Court of Appeal (Fourth DCA) reversed and remanded. R.J. filed a petition for dependency after his parents refused to allow him to return home following discharge from a residential psychiatric center. […]
W.L. v. Department of Children and Families, 172 So.3d 562 (Fla 4th DCA 2015)
Mother appealed termination of her parental rights. The Fourth District Court of Appeal (Fourth DCA) vacated the order and remanded, without addressing Mother’s arguments, based on the trial court’s failure to recite a number of required factual findings and conclusions of law in its final written order. The Fourth DCA found that rather than issuing […]
Department of Children and Families v. T.S., 154 So.3d 1223 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015)
The trial court dismissed a petition for dependency sua sponte at a fourth continued arraignment hearing over the objection of the Department of Children and Families (Department). The matter had been continued three times because the Department was unable to locate either parent, and the child absconded from shelter placement. A pick-up order was outstanding […]
