Legal Opinion
Department of Children & Family Services v. In the Interest of J.C.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 23, 2002No. 3D01-2620PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGersten, J.
The petitioner, the Department of Children and Families (“DCF”), petitions for writ of prohibition, or alternatively for writ of certiorari or non-final appeal, seeking to quash an order finding good cause to review the appropriateness of adoptive placement of a child and to prohibit change of placement pending a hearing. We deny the petition.
Child, J.C. (“J.C.”), was born cocaine exposed in November of 1998 and was placed in DCF’s physical custody. In December of 1998, J.C. was released to the physical custody of Geraldine Scott (“Geraldine”), a non-relative. J.C.’s father was a friend of…
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