J.r., Appellant v. Barbara Palmer

Summary

The court answered the first two certified questions negatively, holding that annual support-plan review does not require review of the continued propriety of an involuntary-admission order and that the Agency is not required to petition for release when circumstances change. It declined to answer the third question because it asked the court to resolve an issue of federal constitutional law rather than interpret Florida law. Justices Canady and Pariente, dissenting, would have answered the first two questions affirmatively and construed the statute to require the Agency to consider continued involuntary admission and seek termination when appropriate.