DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. JONES (2018)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

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

Case No. 5D18-2127

Decided: July 12, 2018

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

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.

PER CURIAM.

ORFINGER, TORPY and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.

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