O'Brien v. Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court of Dade County

The appellant, Russell T. O’Brien, is the father of a 14 year old daughter. He filed in this Court a petition in proper person on October 1, 1963, in which he alleged that his daughter refused to obey him and that she belligerently indicated she would continue to do so; whereupon she left his home and was placed in Youth Hall by the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Dade' County. He prayed for a writ of habeas corpus.

The request for relief in the nature of habeas corpus was denied and the court proceeded with the cause as though the petition were a notice of appeal pursuant to § 39.14,…