E.G. v. Department of Children & Family Services

This is a petition for certiorari which seeks to quash a shelter order. We grant the petition.

The Department of Children and Family Services filed a petition for court ordered services and protective supervision under Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.601(2). The petition requested court-ordered services for the mother and the three children, and recommended that the children remain in the home.

At the hearing on the petition, the mother attended and counsel was appointed. After reading the Department’s petition, the trial court concluded that the three children should be removed from the…