J.B., Etc. v. Florida Department of Children and Families

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC14-1990 ____________ J.B., etc., Petitioner, vs. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Respondent. [July 9, 2015] PER CURIAM. In this case, which involves J.B.’s challenge to an order terminating her parental rights, we consider two questions of great public importance concerning an indigent parent’s right to counsel in termination proceedings. The First District Court of Appeal in J.B. v. Department of Children & Families,

158 So. 3d 653, 659

(Fla. 1st DCA 2014), certified the following questions of great public importance: I. IS THE CRIMINAL…