Department of Children & Family Services v. T.R.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Department of Children & Family Services v. T.R.

906 So. 2d 335, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 10492, 2005 WL 1556816

District Court of Appeal of Florida·Decided July 6, 2005·No. No. 4D04-4620·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The trial court ordered the Department of Children and Family Services to place T.R., who was just shy of her eighteenth birthday, “in the Subsidized Independent Living Program & the Road to Independence Scholarship Program.” However, the child did not qualify for the programs because she had refused to be placed in a foster home and only children who have been in foster care qualify for placement in the programs. See § 409.1451(4)(c)2.a. and (5)(b)2.a., Fla. Stat. Therefore, the [336]*336court erred in ordering the Department to place the child in the programs.

Reversed.

WARNER, KLEIN and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.

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PER CURIAM.

The trial court ordered the Department of Children and Family Services to place T.R., who was just shy of her eighteenth birthday, “in the Subsidized Independent Living Program & the Road to Independence Scholarship Program.” However, the child did not qualify for the programs because she had refused to be placed in a foster home and only children who have been in foster care qualify for placement in the programs. See § 409.1451(4)(c)2.a. and (5)(b)2.a., Fla. Stat. Therefore, the [336]*336court erred in ordering the Department to place the child in the programs.

Reversed.

WARNER, KLEIN and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.

Department of Children & Family Services v. T.R., 906 So. 2d 335, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 10492, 2005 WL 1556816 (Fla. Ct. App. 2005).

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