Metropolitan Dade County v. Faber

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Dade County seeks certiorari review of an order requiring it to pay a reasonable attorney’s fee to the court appointed lawyer for the mother in a dependency and termination of parental rights proceeding in an amount in excess of the $1,000 maximum provided by section 39.415, Florida Statutes (1989). On the basis of our agreement with the reasoning and result of Board of County Comm’rs v. Scruggs, 545 So.2d 910 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989), we deny the petition.1

We certify to the supreme court that this case involves a question of great public importance as to the availability of…