R. C. L., A Child, Petitioner, v. STATE (2022)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

R. C. L., A Child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 1D22-1050

Decided: April 20, 2022

Charlie Cofer, Public Defender, and Elizabeth Hogan Webb, Assistant Public Defender, Jacksonville, for Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

The Court denies the petition for writ of habeas corpus on the merits. Section 985.24(3), Florida Statutes (2021), prohibits secure detention care for a child alleged to be dependent under chapter 39. This language indicates that secure detention care cannot be used as a remedy in a dependency case. This is not a dependency case, but a delinquency proceeding involving a juvenile who purportedly has been adjudicated as a dependent child already.

Per Curiam.

Roberts, Osterhaus, and Tanenbaum, JJ., concur.

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