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IN RE THE ADOPTION OF COLEMAN

No. 77-341.

349 So.2d 693 (1977)

In re THE ADOPTION OF Leonard David COLEMAN.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society, Palm Beach County, Inc. and Larry A. Klein, West Palm Beach, for petitioners Albert Coleman and Ossie Lee Coleman.

ANSTEAD, Judge.

The only point raised on appeal is the right of the appellants, Albert Coleman and Ossie Lee Coleman, to have a hearing on their petition to adopt their grandson who has lived with them since birth. The trial court refused the petitioners a hearing and summarily denied the petition. Notwithstanding any testimony being taken or evidence received, the trial court concluded:

The petitioners are prima facie ineligible to adopt a child under these...

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