IN INTEREST OF HUTCHINS

No. 48306.

345 So.2d 703 (1977)

In the Interest of Linda Faye HUTCHINS, a Child.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Virgil Q. Mayo, Public Defender, and Lewis M. Peacock, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.


KARL, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the Circuit Court in and for Calhoun County declaring Chapter 75-48, Section 15(11), Laws of Florida, relating to ungovernable children, to be unconstitutional. We have jurisdiction under Article V, Section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution.

Linda Faye Hutchins, the appellee, was abandoned by her parents when she was twelve years old. By Order of Commitment to Fosterage entered August 30, 1972, she was placed...

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