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IN INTEREST OF L. McC.

No. 85-534.

490 So.2d 1346 (1986)

In re the Interest of L. McC., a Child.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Stockman, of Sullivan, Bailey, Wich & Stockman, P.A., Pompano Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Gerald B. Curington and Deborah J. Stevens, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, for appellee.

WALDEN, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) filed a petition of adjudication of dependency of the child, L. McC. Said child was determined to be a dependent of the state. The child's father appeals. We reverse and remand for a new dependency hearing.

We hold that the trial court abused its discretion and committed reversible error when it denied the father's motion for continuance since there were only three working days between...

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