O.W. V. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ET AL.

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed December 23, 2015. ________________ No. 3D15-2884 Lower Tribunal No. 06-15782 ________________ O.W., the Father, Petitioner, vs. The Department of Children and Families, et al., Respondents. A Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Martin Zilber, Judge. Eugene F. Zenobi, Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region, and Kevin Coyle Colbert, Assistant Regional Counsel, for petitioner. Karla Perkins, for the Department of Children and Families; Laura J. Lee (Sanford), for the Guardian ad Litem Program, for respondents. Before SUAREZ, C.J., and EMAS and FERNANDEZ, JJ. SUAREZ, C.J. Upon the appropriate confession of error by the Department of Children and Families, we grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the order below. We remand for entry of an appropriate order by the trial court pursuant to Florida statutes. No rehearing will be entertained by the Court, and the mandate shall issue immediately. 2

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