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IN RE INTEREST OF M.P.

No. 65596.

472 So.2d 732 (1985)

In re the Interest of M.P., a Child. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Petitioner, v. LAKE COUNTY, etc., et. al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Sawyer, Jr., Gainesville, for petitioner.

Mary M. McDaniel of Ford, Minkoff & McDaniel, and Stephen G. Birr, Tavares, for respondents.

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade Co. Atty. and Eric K. Gressman, Asst. Co. Atty., Miami, for Metropolitan Dade County, amicus curiae.

EHRLICH, Justice.

This cause is before the Court because of apparent conflict between the decision of the district court below, In re the Interest of M.P., 453 So.2d 85 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984), and our decision in In the Interest of D.B., 385 So.2d 83 (Fla. 1980). We accepted jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution.

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