J.M. v. Department of Children & Family Services

BLACK, Judge.

J.M., the Father, and D.B., the Mother, petitioned this court for a writ of certiorari to quash the disposition order that accepted the case plan requiring each to submit to a psychiatric evaluation1 and a substance abuse evaluation. The trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law because nothing in the record indicates that a substance abuse evaluation is relevant to the dependency or that it would meaningfully address the facts and circumstances which resulted in the children’s removal from the home. See, e.g., §§ 39.6011(2)(a), .6012(l)(a), .603(l)(f), Fla.…