IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2008-086 PA/PI-CIR
RE: TEMPORARY RELEASE FOR COMMITTED YOUTH
In order to comply with Section 985.455(3), Florida Statutes, and establish procedures for the temporary release of a youth committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1. The Department of Juvenile Justice will present a Judicial Consent for Temporary Release form to the Court at the time of commitment for each youth. The Judge will execute the form either approving or denying the judicial consent and the form will be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
2. Upon a commitment program’s determination that a youth is eligible for a temporary release, it shall provide a notice of temporary release to the youth’s probation officer. Upon receipt of the notice, the probation officer shall indicate approval or denial and file the notice with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
3. The notice must include the youth’s name, case number(s), and SPN. The notice must also indicate the date the Judicial Consent for Temporary Release was filed with the Court and the date, time, and location of the youth’s visit. A copy of the previously approved Judicial Consent for Temporary Release form must be attached to the notice.
4. When the Judicial Consent for Temporary Release and the notice of the specific temporary release has been filed with the Court, no further action or approval is necessary for the temporary release to occur. A notice of temporary release must be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for each temporary release period.
5. If the Court has not authorized or has denied judicial consent for temporary release, but a commitment program subsequently determines that a youth should be authorized for a temporary release, the commitment program must forward the request to the youth’s probation officer. The probation officer shall then indicate his or her approval and, if approved, forward the request to the section judge for a determination of whether the temporary release will be authorized. In these circumstances a temporary release may not occur until the judge has determined whether or not to authorize such a temporary release.
6. Requests for temporary release of a youth that has been sentenced back from an adult division shall follow the procedure outlined above; however, if a Judicial Consent for Temporary Release is not approved the probation officers shall direct their requests for temporary release to the adult section judge.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at
____ day of December, 2008.
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Robert J. Morris, Jr., Chief Judge
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Honorable Bob Dillinger, Public Defender
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