DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERV. v. J.M.L.

No. AW-493.

455 So.2d 571 (1984)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. In the Interest of J.M.L. and T.M.L., Children, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Sawyer, Jr., District III Legal Counsel, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Gainesville, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) appeals the trial court's order which places J.M.L. and T.M.L. in the care and custody of their paternal grandparents. HRS contends that this order violates the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and, further, was entered without due notice to HRS. We agree on both points and reverse.

On November 11, 1982, T.M.L., born October...

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