C.O. v. State

ON CONCESSION OF ERROR

C.O., a child, seeks certiorari review of an order placing him in residential mental health treatment due to his purported incapacity. The State concedes C.O. is entitled to relief. We agree and grant the writ.

An order of involuntary commitment to a mental health facility is reviewable by certiorari. See M.H. v. State, 901 So.2d 197, 198 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). To obtain a writ of certiorari there must exist: (1) a departure from the essential requirements of the law, (2) resulting in material injury for the remainder of the case, (3) that cannot be corrected on…