Legal Opinion
G.T. v. Department of Children & Family Services
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 15, 2006No. 1D06-0280PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenton, J.
G.T., a teenager in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), appeals the circuit court order involuntarily committing him to a residential mental health treatment facility. At an evidentiary hearing conducted in purported conformity with Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure Rule 8.350, no competent evidence was adduced to show that G.T. had been “diagnosed with a mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder of sufficient duration to meet one of the diagnostic categories specified in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American…
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