In the Interest of T.J.

Representatives of the Florida International University College of Law Immigrant Children’s Justice Clinic,1 as next friends of T.J., a minor, appeal a circuit court order summarily denying their amended petition for an adjudication of dependency as to T.J. We review the summary denial of the amended petition under a de novo standard. We reverse and remand the case on the basis of our analysis of section 39.01, Florida Statutes (2010), and persuasive decisions of the Fourth and Fifth District Courts of Appeal.2 The issue before us is whether, in the case of an immigrant child residing in…