A.L.B. v. State

On this direct appeal in a juvenile case, we affirm the disposition order committing A.L.B. to a moderate-risk facility despite a recommendation by the Department of Juvenile Justice that adjudication be withheld and that she be placed on probation. We do not affirm, however, without “misgivings and concerns,” Washington v. State, 814 So.2d 1187, 1189 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002), regarding whether the trial court complied with the strict standard set forth in E.A.R. v. State, 4 So.3d 614 (Fla.2009). See id. at 638 (requiring juvenile courts, in departure dispositions, to “[ajrticulate an…