O.I.C.L., a Minor Child v. Florida Department of Children and Families

Although O.I.C.L. has already reached majority age, “[i]t is well settled that mootness does not destroy an appellate court’s jurisdiction ... when the questions raised are of great public importance or are likely to recur.” Del Valle v. State, 80 So.3d 999, 1005 (Fla.2011) (quoting Holly v. Auld, 450 So.2d 217, 218 n. 1 (Fla.1984)). The prevalence of seventeen-year-old unaccompanied minors seeking adjudications of dependency presents precisely the type of situation that is “capable of repetition, yet evading review.” Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 125, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147 *580(1973)…