Department of Children & Families v. E.G.

I respectfully dissent. The trial court’s ruling dismissing the instant shelter petition was memorialized on a combined “order/minutes” form. The form consisted of two pages. On page two, entitled “Order of Dependency Shelter/Review Hearing”, the trial court checked a box which stated: “The Department’s petition for shelter care is denied without prejudice, and the children are hereby ordered to be returned to their father and mother; the *230court finds that the reasons for the children’s removal have been remedied to the extent that the children’s physical, mental and emotional health would not…