Case Name: O.W., a child, Petitioner, v. James S. BYRD, Circuit Court Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-11-23
Citations: 461 So. 2d 967
Docket Number: No. 84-1333
Parties: O.W., a child, Petitioner, v. James S. BYRD, Circuit Court Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Respondent.
Judges: ORFINGER and FRANK D. UP-CHURCH, Jr., JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 461
Pages: 967–967

Head Matter:
O.W., a child, Petitioner, v. James S. BYRD, Circuit Court Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Respondent.
No. 84-1333.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Nov. 23, 1984.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 4, 1985.
Joseph W. DuRocher, Public Defender, and Roger L. Weeden, Asst. Public Defender, Orlando, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Brian W. Bayly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
COWART, Judge.
The petition for prohibition is granted and the trial judge is prohibited from further proceedings on the petition for adjudication of delinquency which is based on the child's disregard of a court order. "While an adjudication of delinquency is not a permissible sanction under chapter 39 for a dependent child's disregard of a court order, the trial court still retains its inherent authority to punish for contempt, including, if necessary, placing the child in a secured detention facility for a reasonable period of time." A.O. v. State, 456 So.2d 1173 (Fla.1984).
PETITION GRANTED.
ORFINGER and FRANK D. UP-CHURCH, Jr., JJ., concur.