Case Name: N.M., the mother, Petitioner, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-04-02
Citations: 83 So. 3d 1013
Docket Number: No. 3D12-373
Parties: N.M., the mother, Petitioner, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Respondent.
Judges: Before RAMIREZ and EMAS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 83
Pages: 1013–1013

Head Matter:
N.M., the mother, Petitioner, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Respondent.
No. 3D12-373.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 2, 2012.
llene Herscher, Coral Gables, for petitioner.
Karla Perkins, Appellate Counsel for the Department of Children and Families; Hillary Kambour, Appellate Counsel for the Guardian ad Litem Program.
Before RAMIREZ and EMAS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
ON CONFESSION OF ERROR
EMAS, J.
On confession of error by the Department of Children and Families, and our independent review, we agree that the Department failed to establish that continued visitation with the mother, N.M., would endanger the minor child. The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and this court quashes the lower court's no-contact order dated January 26, 2012, and remands for the lower court to enter an appropriate visitation order.