PINGREE v. QUAINTANCE

No. SS-125.

394 So.2d 161 (1981)

David PINGREE, Secretary of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellant, v. Portia Elaine QUAINTANCE, Demetrius Denese Quaintance, Sean Connery Quaintance, and Latricia Ann Spencer, by and through Her Next Friend, Ruby Pearl Quaintance, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Eisenberg and Chester G. Senf, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Marie Y. Janiewski and Paul C. Doyle, Jacksonville, for appellees.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of the trial court's order denying a motion for new trial, rehearing and relief from judgment. We affirm.

On August 9, 1977, appellees filed a class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to compel the Department to institute judicial review of all cases in which a child had been committed to foster care for a continuous six-month period as provided in Section 409.168(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1977). In its...

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