A.L. ex rel. P.L.B. v. Jackson County School Board

A.L., his mother, P.L.B., and their attorney, Rosemary N. Palmer, appeal a final order of the administrative law judge awarding attorney’s fees under section 57.105(5), Florida Statutes (2012), to the Jackson County School Board as the prevailing party in a proceeding brought under section 1003.57, Florida Statutes (2012). We reverse and remand.

*759The administrative law judge had dismissed A.L.’s and P.L.B.’s request for a due process hearing, and appellees filed a motion for attorney’s fees under section 57.105(5), which provides:

In administrative proceedings under chapter 120, an…