# M.M., etc. v. Florida Department of Children and Families

> Supreme Court of Florida · April 14, 2016 · 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 141

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9822704

## Case

- **Full name:** M.M., Etc., Petitioner, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Et Al., Respondents
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** April 14, 2016
- **Citations:** 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 141; 189 So. 3d 134; 2016 Fla. LEXIS 784; 2016 WL 1458817
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Canady
- **Judges:** Labarga, Pariente, Quince, Polston, Perry, Canady
- **Cited by:** 35 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- observing that "[a]n appeal from a final order is appropriate when judicial labor has ended"

## Opinion text

CANADY, J.,
dissenting.
Because the parties are seeking a purely advisory opinion — an opinion that has no bearing on the disposition of this case — I would dismiss this proceeding. “It is the function of a judicial tribunal to decide actual controversies by a judgment which can be carried into, effect, and not ... to declare principles or rules of law which cannot affect the matter in issue.” Montgomery v. Dep’t of Health & Rehab. Servs., 468 So.2d 1014, 1016-17 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).

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