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IN INTEREST OF B.W.

No. 68192.

498 So.2d 946 (1986)

In the Interest of B.W., J.W., and M.W., Minor Children. William H. WIRSING, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. James Dulfer, Central Florida Legal Services, Inc., Daytona Beach, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

Sheryl J. Lowenthal, Coral Gables, and Benedict P. Kuehne of Bierman, Sonnett, Shohat and Sale, P.A., Miami, for The Florida Criminal Defense Attys. Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Arlene C. Huszar, Gainesville, for Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc., amicus curiae.

Ellen M. Barry, San Francisco, Cal., for Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, amicus curiae.

SHAW, Justice.

We have for review In the Interest of B.W., 479 So.2d 740 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985), which expressly and directly conflicts with several decisions of other district courts. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

Wirsing's children were adjudicated dependent and placed in the temporary legal custody of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) on December 12, 1979. Subsequently...

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