Case Name: T.D., et al., Petitioner(s) v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Respondent(s)
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-05-11
Citations: 930 So. 2d 611
Docket Number: No. SC06-740
Parties: T.D., et al., Petitioner(s) v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Respondent(s).
Judges: PARIENTE, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 930
Pages: 611–612

Head Matter:
T.D., et al., Petitioner(s) v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Respondent(s).
No. SC06-740.
Supreme Court of Florida.
May 11, 2006.
Rehearing Denied May 24, 2006.

Opinion:
The Petitioners have filed a petition for a writ of prohibition, which has been treated as a petition for a writ of mandamus. See Frankel v. Spainhour, 159 Fla. 416, 31 So.2d 535, 540 (1947) (stating that mandamus is available to compel vacation of an order entered without jurisdiction); State v. Wright, 107 Fla. 178, 145 So. 598, 601 (1932) (same). The petition is hereby denied. The order of the Fifth District Court of Appeal, dated March 27, 2006, granting the petition for a writ of prohibition filed by Respondents, I.B. and D.B., in that court clearly addressed only the issue of adoptive placement, and does not preclude the trial court from proceeding in accordance with chapters 39 and 63, Florida Statutes (2005).
Petitioners' request for a writ of habeas corpus prohibiting an alleged unlawful confinement of the child, T.A.T., is hereby denied.
Respondents I.B. and D.B.'s motion to dismiss is hereby denied.
PARIENTE, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.
PARIENTE, C.J., concurs with an opinion.
QUINCE, J., dissents with an opinion.