A.O. v. State

BOYD, Chief Justice.

We have for review a district court of appeal decision, A.O. v. State, 433 So.2d 22 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), in which, pursuant to article Y, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution, the court certified the following question of great public importance:

[WJhether a juvenile may be adjudicated delinquent based upon a finding of contempt for violation of a previous order adjudicating him a dependent.

433 So.2d at 23.

In November 1981, A.O. was declared a dependent child and ordered to obey his mother, keep a curfew, and attend school. Because of A.O.’s continued truancy, the state…