DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES v. Birchfield

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• holding that the “trial court violated the separation of powers doctrine in considering the [Department’s] ability to move funds in order to comply with its mandate”
• reversing a trial court order that held the Department in contempt for failing to place the appellee in a specific program
• reversing trial court's order holding DCF in contempt when DCF could not place defendant in the Mentally Retarded Defendant Program, as ordered by the trial court
• reversing order holding DCF in contempt for failing to place appellee in specific program on ground that court's consideration of DCF's ability to move funds to effectuate placement violated separation of powers because it was tantamount to directing DCF how to spend its funds

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