Attorney Richard F Joyce's Legal Cases

Child abuse

D.L.C. v. Departmenrt of Children and Families, 194 So. 3d 585 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016)

Jul 20, 2016

OUTCOME: Order reversed and the case was remanded for further proceedings.

Father appealed an Order of Default on the Motion for Supplemental Findings because neither Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.347 nor section 39.507(7)(b), Florida Statutes provided for the entry o ... f a default against him. DCF conceded the trial court entered the Order in error.

Child abuse

D.V. v. Department of Children and Families, 186 So. 3d 1101 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016)

Mar 02, 2016

OUTCOME: TPR Order reversed and remanded to the trial court.

Father appealed the termination of his parental rights by implied consent for his failure to appear at an adjudicatory hearing and the trial court's failure to advise him of his right to counsel at the ... subsequently heard manifest best interest hearing when he appeared.

Child abuse

G.W. v. Department of Children and Families, 92 So. 3d 307 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012)

N/A

OUTCOME: Order challenged was quashed and the case was remanded to trial court.

The children's father successfully filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash a shelter hearing order because he was not represented by counsel at the hearing on DCF's shelter petition.

Child abuse

R.S. v. Department of Children and Family Services, 10 So. 3d 186 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)

N/A

OUTCOME: Order appealed was reversed

Parents successfully appealed the order adjudicating their child as dependent because the child did not live in the home where the alleged illegal activity had occurred.

Child abuse

C.M. v. Department of Children and Family Services, 954 So. 2d 1184 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011)

N/A

OUTCOME: Order appealed was reversed

Father successfully appealed the order adjudicating his child as dependent because DCF failed to prove harm to the child at the trial.

Appeals

Fana v. Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc., 734 So. 2d 434 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)

N/A

OUTCOME: Order appealed was reversed and the case settled with a monetary award for the homeowner.

Homeowner successfully appealed an adverse summary judgment ruling for injuries he sustained during a robbery of his home from which the exterminator had not removed the tent covering the home despite ... not exterminating as scheduled.

Appeals

Four Star Resorts Bahamas, Ltd. v. Allegro Resorts Management Services, Ltd., 811 So. 2d 809 (Fla.3d DCA 2002)

N/A

OUTCOME: Order appealed was reversed

A foreign resort successfully appealed an adverse jury award on a contract for a foreign management company based upon lack of jurisdiction.

Richard F Joyce's Legal Cases (7)

D.L.C. v. Departmenrt of Children and Families, 194 So. 3d 585 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016)

D.V. v. Department of Children and Families, 186 So. 3d 1101 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016)

G.W. v. Department of Children and Families, 92 So. 3d 307 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012)

R.S. v. Department of Children and Family Services, 10 So. 3d 186 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)

C.M. v. Department of Children and Family Services, 954 So. 2d 1184 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011)

Fana v. Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc., 734 So. 2d 434 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)

Four Star Resorts Bahamas, Ltd. v. Allegro Resorts Management Services, Ltd., 811 So. 2d 809 (Fla.3d DCA 2002)