District Court of Appeal of Florida

A juvenile disposition order is reversed and remanded where the trial court's reasons for departing from a recommendation of the Department of Juvenile Justice failed to address why the restrictiveness level chosen was more appropriate for the needs of the child than that recommended by the Department.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/22/2006
• Published 11/27/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Diego Puig and Bryan Jordan, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.