Florida Department of Children & Families v. N.H.

The Florida Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) petitions for a writ of certiorari to quash a circuit court order entered in a dependency case. That order relieved the respondent, N.H. (the “Father”), from complying with the tasks enumerated in an earlier case plan. Finding DCF’s petition well taken, we grant the petition and quash that portion of the order of June 8, 2015.

In March 2014, the Father’s child (then three years old and also named N.H. (the “Child”)) was adjudicated dependent as to the Father. The Father consented to that adjudication and acknowledged a history of domestic…