L.C., the Mother, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (2019)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

L.C., the Mother, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Respondents.

No. 3D19-1755

Decided: September 18, 2019

Before LINDSEY, HENDON, and GORDO, JJ.

Eugene F. Zenobi, Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region, and Kevin Coyle Colbert, Assistant Regional Counsel, for petitioner. Karla Perkins, Miami, for respondent the Department of Children and Families; Laura J. Lee and Thomasina F. Moore (Tallahassee), for respondent the Guardian ad Litem Program.

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

Based on the proper confessions of error filed by the Department of Children and Families and the Guardian ad Litem, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari filed by L.C., the Mother, quash the order requiring her to submit to a psychological evaluation, and remand for an evidentiary hearing pursuant to Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.250(b).

Petition granted; order quashed; remanded for evidentiary hearing.

HENDON, J.

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