DCF
v.
JEROME JONES AND STATE OF FLORIDA
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The court grants the petition for certiorari and remands for the lower court to either release Jones from department custody or hold a hearing pursuant to section 916.17(2) within seven days.
[1] When the State concedes error in a custody matter, an appellate court may grant certiorari and remand for the trial court to either release the minor from department cust…
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ON PETITION FOR CERTIORARI PER CURIAM. Based on the State’s proper concession of error, we grant the Department of Children and Families’ petition for writ of certiorari and remand this case for further proceedings under section 916.17, Florida Statutes (2018). The lower court shall release Mr. Jones from custody of the department or conduct a hearing pursuant to section 916.17(2) within seven days from the date of this opinion. PETITION GRANTED; ORDER QUASHED AND REMANDED. ORFINGER, TORPY and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.