INTEREST OF K.M.

No. 2D23-1796.

381 So.3d 638 (2024)

In the INTEREST OF K.M., minor child. Department of Children and Families, and Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Petitioners, v. J.B., maternal great aunt of K.M., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 28, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Soorus of Children's Legal Services, Tampa, for Petitioner Department of Children and Families.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Stephanie E. Novenario , Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Petitioner Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office.

Ama N. Appiah of Law Office of Ama N. Appiah, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Respondent J.B., maternal great aunt of K.M.


The Department of Children and Families filed a petition for writ of certiorari, in which the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office (GAL) has joined, requesting that this court quash the circuit court's order granting the respondent J.B.'s motions to intervene as a party in the dependency proceedings of her grandnephew K.M. The Department...

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