Singletary v. Storey

HARRIS, Judge.

The trial court, without notice to the Department of Corrections, ordered that Virginia Lynn Storey, an inmate incarcerated for committing lewd and lascivious acts upon a child and held under the supervision of the Department of Corrections, “shall be allowed visitation with her infant daughter ... while she is incarcerated in the Department of Corrections.” We reverse.

The legislature has authorized the Department of Corrections1 and not the courts to determine if visitation with minors is appropriate with prisoners serving time for committing a sex act on or in the presence of…