Case Name: Sixto ACEVEDO, Sr., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-03-21
Citations: 668 So. 2d 1124
Docket Number: No. 96-686
Parties: Sixto ACEVEDO, Sr., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 668
Pages: 1124–1124

Head Matter:
Sixto ACEVEDO, Sr., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
No. 96-686.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 21, 1996.
Kneski and Kneski and Paul J. Kneski, Miami, for appellant.
Robin H. Greene, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
CONFESSION OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
Upon the commendable confession of error by the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, we reverse and vacate the appellant's adjudication and sentence for indirect criminal contempt in this dependency proceeding where the record reflects that an order to show cause was never issued prior to the commencement of the contempt proceeding as required by Rule 8.285(b), Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure. Pugliese v. Pugliese, 347 So.2d 422 (Fla.1977); May v. State, 623 So.2d 601 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993); Naylor v. Naylor, 468 So.2d 398 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985); Grant v. State, 464 So.2d 650 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). Accordingly, the appellant shall be released from custody forthwith.
Our reversal is without prejudice to the renewal of the contempt proceedings with appropriate notice as required by the aforementioned rule.
Reversed and remanded.