Case Name: C.L.C., a child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-12-24
Citations: 863 So. 2d 397
Docket Number: No. 4D03-4487
Parties: C.L.C., a child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: WARNER, KLEIN and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 863
Pages: 397–398

Head Matter:
C.L.C., a child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 4D03-4487.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 24, 2003.
Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Sarah W. Sandler, Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and August A. Bonavita, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
C.L.C., a juvenile, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus seeking release to a less restrictive form of detention. Following an adjudication of delinquency, the trial court ordered that C.L.C. be held in secure detention pending dispositional placement in a high-risk residential program. The risk assessment instrument (RAI) prepared in C.L.C.'s ease did not authorize secure detention. The trial court, however, provided clear and convincing written reasons for ordering secure detention pursuant to the "departure provision" of the juvenile detention statute. See § 985.215(2), Fla. Stat. (2003); J.J. v. Fryer, 765 So.2d 260, 265 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) (concluding that departure provision provides "the authority to depart from an RAI and order more severe detention . based on 'clear and convincing reasons' which the judge must state in writing") (emphasis omitted). This case is distinguished from J.W. v. Leitner, 801 So.2d 295, 297 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001), where the trial court did not attempt to avail itself of the "departure provision."
The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied.
WARNER, KLEIN and GROSS, JJ., concur.