Haugabook v. Jeffcoat-Hultberg

The mother appeals the court’s denial of a verified petition for emergency child pick-up and return to the State of Florida. We treat this as a petition for a writ of certiorari, grant the petition, and quash the court’s order.

Background

Generally, the facts are undisputed. The child has lived in Florida since birth and has been in the custody of the mother his entire life. The mother dropped the child off at the child’s paternal great-grandmother’s in April 2016, with an agreement that she would pick up the child on June 17, 2016. On the day before the scheduled *66pickup, the father picked up…