IN INTEREST OF J.M.

No. BM-286.

499 So.2d 929 (1986)

In the Interest of J.M. and S.D.M., Both Children.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren R. Ross, Northwest Florida Legal Services, Inc., Pensacola, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Shirley A. Walker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee/Dept. of Rehabilitative Services.

John B. Carr of Carr & Barnes, Pensacola, for appellees/Larry and Kathy Dye.


SMITH, Judge.

The paternal grandmother appeals the circuit court's final order permanently placing the children in the custody of the maternal aunt and uncle. We affirm.

On May 3, 1985, the paternal grandmother petitioned the court for custody of the children during the mother's absence while she attended additional schooling and basic training in the military. The petition also alleged that the father's whereabouts were unknown. Attached to the petition was...

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