Dep't of Children & Families v. Jones

Full title: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. JEROME JONES AND STATE…

Court: DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

Date published: Jul 12, 2018

246 So. 3d 1306 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)

246 So. 3d 1307

Opinion

Case No. 5D18-2126

07-12-2018

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. Jerome JONES and State of Florida, Respondents.

Joyce L. Miller, of Department of Children & Families, Tavares, for Petitioner. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent, State of Florida. No Appearance for other Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Joyce L. Miller, of Department of Children & Families, Tavares, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent, State of Florida.

No Appearance for other Respondent.

ON PETITION FOR CERTIORARI

PER CURIAM.Based on the State's proper concession of error, we grant the Department of Children and Families' petition for writ of certiorari and remand this case for further proceedings under section 916.17, Florida Statutes (2018). The lower court shall release Mr. Jones from custody of the department or conduct a hearing pursuant to section 916.17(2) within seven days from the date of this opinion.

PETITION GRANTED; ORDER QUASHED AND REMANDED.

ORFINGER, TORPY and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.