Attorneys for Rifqa, her parents, FDLE, DCF and a media outlet are in the courtroom.

An FDLE investigation report into this case was sealed today by the judge and the media will argue for its release. An FDLE attorney wants to know what is to happend to the report, which has not been released to either party.

3:15pm - Judge Dawson has entered the room. The parents are joining the hearing via speakerphone.

The judge requested if a date for mediation has been set. It has not, pending depositions in the case. Judge Dawson is pressing attorneys to move forward on mediation and not wait for depositions.

The judge is taking up the request of the Orlando Sentinel to be a party to the dependency case. The media outlet is responding to the judge's decision to seal an FDLE report on the claims made by the teenager.

Rifqa ran away from her Ohio home after she converted to Christianity from Islam and felt threatened by her father. The 17 year old is in foster care in Orange County.

FDLE wants the seal order clarified, since both parties have not seen it.

The attorney for Bary's father says "there is a need for imformation out there" and requests the judge allow the media more access to the family court's documents.

Her attorney argues against it, saying this is a "private matter."   

The judge denied the Sentinel's request to be notified of proceedings in this matter. He did not curtail each party's right to talk publicly about the case, including the release of documents filed in this case.

Rifqa's attorney, John Stemberger, said he prefers the court see the FDLE report, just completed today, and choose whether to release it to the parties. However, the judge said legal documentation usually works the opposite way with the parties getting it first.

DCF requests each party receive the FDLE report, but the contents not be allowed to be leaked to anyone else.

Judge Dawson ordered the report released to the parties and has given them 10 days to say why they would want to release it or keep it from others. After that, the documents would be made available under the normal restrictions of juvenile court.

A video tape of FDLE's questionng of Rifqa is part of the report.

Copies of the report are being handed out to the lawyers.

The judge is moving on to the arraignment portion of this hearing. Both parents deny their daughter's allegations. He will set a pre-trial hearing.

Attorney Stemberger is requesting the parents at the mediation, which would take place in Orlando. The judge said he would require their presence by phone, if they cannot afford to travel from Ohio.

After a meeting at the bench, the judge said "We have plenty of attorneys in this case, I'm not sure adding more would assist this."

However, he said, if Rifqa needs more attorneys, then he might allow it at a later time.

He is taking up a gag order requested by the girl's legal guadian, or ad litem..

The attorney for the Sentinel is being allowed to address the request. He is telling the court that gag orders are usually approved in jury trials. In this case, there is no jury and the judge will make the decision on Rifqa's request.

The gag order would not restrict the media from the court, but would limit what the parties can say about this case.

A DCF attorney says she is getting calls from children who are distraught about the media's coverage.

"There are adults who are parading this about the media," she said.

"This is absolutely causing problems in this case," she added.

Rifqa's attorney said the girl "wants my story to be told."

Shayan Elahi, the attorney for Mr. Bary, said the "hypocrisy is clear."

He said Stemberger is calling news conferences to make claims against the family, but now wants a gag order that would keep the parents from defending themselves.

"Where is his (Bary's) right to stand up and say "look not at my religion but look at how I raise my family?'"

"If you agree with this gag order, you are saying the other party cannot have their story told."

Roger Weedem, attorney for Bary's mother, added that "there's nothing in this (FDLE) report that supports the girl's claim."

At that point, the attorney for DCF cried out and objected that Weedem's comment in court violates the judge's temporary order not to say anything about the report for at least 10 days.

The attorneys were immediately called to the bench.

Back at their seats, the attorneys continue to argue their cases.

The judge concluded the hearing by reminding the attorneys they were under a gag order, to meet in mediation and to get the proper documents so he can determine if Rifqa is in the country legally. Her family moved to the U.S. from Sri Lanka when she was a child.