C.M.K. v. State

In this juvenile delinquency appeal, C.M.K., appellant, seeks review of the trial court’s disposition order in which the court adjudicated him delinquent and committed him to the Department of Juvenile Justice (“Department”) for moderate-risk residential placement. Appellant contends that the order must be reversed because the trial court failed to set forth any reasons, either orally or in writing, for disregarding the Department’s recommendation of probation. We agree.

Section 985.23(3)(c), Florida Statutes (2002), provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

The court shall commit the child to…