HP v. Department of Children and Families

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding the ICPC applicable to the placement of children with their nonresident mother where the trial court had retained jurisdiction “in order to monitor the father‟s performance under the case plan and consider whether future reunification was possible.”
• distinguishing between normal parental custody and “placement” with parent when court retains jurisdiction over child
• requiring compliance with the ICPC when the only court order in existence awarded custody to the father and the mother was seeking custody after the children were declared dependent
• finding the ICPC to apply where an out-of-state non-custodial parent seeks placement
• ICPC applies when out-of-state mother, who had lost custody in a divorce, requests custody
• “Arguments have been made that Regulation 3 should not be recognized by Florida courts because it was promulgated by an entity outside of Florida and not subjected to the requirements established by this state for the promulgation of regulations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).