GRISSOM v. DADE COUNTY

No. 73-358.

279 So.2d 899 (1973)

Helen GRISSOM et al., Appellants, v. DADE COUNTY, Florida, and the State of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Williams, Miami, for appellants.

Stuart Simon, County Atty., and Jon I. Gordon, Asst. County Atty., Sepler & Sussman and Irma V. Hernandez, Hialeah, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and HAVERFIELD, JJ.


HAVERFIELD, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant seeks review of the lower court's order dismissing her complaint with prejudice.

Plaintiff, Ms. Grissom, is desirous of adopting a 12 year old girl for whom she has cared since the child's birth. The child's natural mother and father cannot be located. Plaintiff-appellant alleges she is indigent and, therefore, is unable to pay the publication costs to acquire jurisdiction over the girl's natural parents pursuant to F...

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