City of Plant City v. Department of Children & Family Services

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The City of Plant City appeals an order denying its motion to inspect court records in a dependency case. We conclude that the City met its statutory burden to demonstrate that it had a proper interest in inspecting the records, and we reverse the order denying the City’s request.

J.B. is a child whose mother was killed in 2008 and whose father is incarcerated for that murder. The circumstances of her mother’s death gave rise to a wrongful death action, filed in 2010 against the City based on allegations that its 911 operator was negligent. Also in 2010, J.B. came under the…