Legal Opinion
DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES v. Birchfield
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 15, 1998No. 97-3953PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
718 So.2d 202 (1998)
STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellant,
v.
Richard BIRCHFIELD, Appellee.
No. 97-3953.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 15, 1998.
Rehearing Denied August 26, 1998.
Carol A. Gart, Fort Lauderdale, and Gregory D. Venz, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Diane M. Cuddihy, Chief Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
2Per curiam
We reverse the trial court's order holding the appellant, Department of Children and Family Services, in contempt for failing to place the appellee in the Mentally…
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