Nat'l Youth Advoc. Program v. K.G.

386 So.3d 181

NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM, Petitioner,

v.K.G., the Mother, L.G., J.G., and M.W., each a minor child, Respondents.

No. 1D22-866

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 2, 2022

Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction. Michael Kalil, Judge.

Michael R. D’Lugo of Wicker Smith O’Hara McCoy & Ford, P.A., Orlando, for Petitioner.

Valentina Villalobos and Octavia Brown of Community Law for Families and Children, PLLC, Tampa; Karen Gievers, Tallahassee; Carter Scott of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., Tallahassee, for Respondents.

Per Curiam.

National Youth Advocate Program, a subcontracted provider of family support services to the Florida Department of Children and Family Services, seeks certiorari review of an order partially granting the respondent mother’s motion to compel records related to the case management work done in her children’s dependency matter. The trial court found these records to be public records under Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, relevant to the underlying action, and partially discoverable once confidential information is redacted from them. Petitioner’s certiorari petition contests the order by asserting privacy concerns related to disclosing files, records, and reports involving its employees and their work. The petition, however, does not contest the trial court’s finding that the records, after being redacted to remove confidential information, are public records under Chapter...