Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2003

Florida Dept. of Children & Family Services v. In the Interest of C.K.

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 25, 2003 · Fletcher, Levy, Shevin

851 So. 2d 206; 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 9409; 2003 WL 21459638 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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Florida Department of Children & Family Services v. In the Interest of I.A. (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

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Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Judge.

The Florida Department of Children and Family Services [Department] seeks the issuance of a writ of prohibition directed to the trial court. The Department contends that the trial court is attempting to extend its dependency court jurisdiction over C.K. notwithstanding that C.K. has attained the age of 18. These attempts relate to the enforcement of orders relating to C.K. which were entered by the trial court prior to C.K.’s becoming 18 years old. With a great deal of concern for the future of C.K.,1 we nonetheless must follow the law and direct the trial court to cease *207its efforts to exercise jurisdiction over C.K.2

We withhold issuing the writ feeling assured that the trial court will comply herewith.

. For a thorough analysis of the applicable law (and of concerns like ours) see L.Y. v. Department of Health & Rehab. Servs., 696 So.2d 430 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

. N.L. v. Department of Children & Family Servs., 770 So.2d 220 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); L.Y. v. Department of Health & Rehab. Servs., 696 So.2d 430 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

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