State ex rel. Young v. Florida State Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services
State ex rel. Young v. Florida State Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services
Opinion of the Court
In this proceeding in habeas corpus the petitioner seeks to regain custody of her child, from the above styled state department which holds custody by virtue of an order of the Juvenile & Domestic Relations
Upon examination of the pleadings it is disclosed that by this proceeding the petitioner seeks to regain custody of the child by establishing invalidity of the judgment of commitment made by the Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court, upon certain grounds asserted as the basis .therefor. In so proceeding the petition presents a collateral attack here upon that judgment of commitment. The judgment of the Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court is not subject to collateral attack. See 19 Fla. Jur., Judgments and Decrees, § 382.
For the reason stated, habeas corpus is denied, without prejudice.
It is so ordered.
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