Florida Department of Children & Family Services v. P.E.

Decided July 16, 2009. R. Fred Lewis wrote the opinion for the court.

14 So. 3d 228 · Cited 50 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Department of Children and Families v. As · 927 So. 2d 204
• Jb v. Fla. Dept. of Children and Fam. Services · 768 So. 2d 1060
• S.S. v. State, Department of Children & Family Services · 976 So. 2d 41
• T.L.D. v. Department of Children & Family Services · 883 So. 2d 910
• Holly v. Auld · 450 So. 2d 217
• Forsythe v. Longboat Key Beach Erosion · 604 So. 2d 452
• Heart of Adoptions, Inc. v. JA · 963 So. 2d 189
• Kasischke v. State · 991 So. 2d 803
• Joshua v. City of Gainesville · 768 So. 2d 432
• Polite v. State · 973 So. 2d 1107
• Starr Tyme, Inc. v. Cohen · 659 So. 2d 1064
• EA v. Department of Children and Families · 894 So. 2d 1049
• JB v. Department of Children and Family Services · 734 So. 2d 498

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• Department of Children & Family Services v. M.M. · 36 So. 3d 869
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• Trinidad v. Florida Peninsula Insurance Co. · 121 So. 3d 433
• Jared Bretherick v. State of Florida · 170 So. 3d 766
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• Richard R. Mcdade v. State of Florida · 154 So. 3d 292
• Visiting Nurse Association of Florida, Inc. v. Jupiter Medical Center · 154 So. 3d 1115
• Anamaria Santiago v. Mauna Loa Investments, LLC. · 189 So. 3d 752
• Lyantie Townsend, etc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 192 So. 3d 1223
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• Wells v. Haldeos · 48 So. 3d 85
• W.G. v. S.A. · 40 So. 3d 908
• Rush v. High Springs · 82 So. 3d 1108
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• F.M. v. State Department of Children & Families · 95 So. 3d 378
• M.P. v. Department of Children & Families · 230 So. 3d 512
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