THE FLORIDA BAR RE ADVISORY OPINION HRS NONLAWYER COUNSELOR

No. 70615.

518 So.2d 1270 (1988)

THE FLORIDA BAR re ADVISORY OPINION HRS NONLAWYER COUNSELOR.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Sondak, Chairman, Miami, Florida and Mary Ellen Bateman, UPL Counsel, Tallahassee, for petitioner, The Florida Bar Standing Committee on Unlicensed Practice of Law.

B. Elaine New, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, and James A. Sawyer, District VII Legal Counsel, Orlando, for respondent, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

Daniel P. Dawson, Office of State Atty., Juvenile Div., Orlando, amicus curiae for Florida Bar Juvenile Rules Committee.

Brent R. Taylor, Sonia Crockett, Carol Hart Gregg, Arlene Huszar, Deborah Schroth, Guilene Theodore, and Henry George White, Tallahassee, interested party for Florida Legal Services, Inc.

Joe Spicola, Gen. Counsel, Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Honorable Bob Martinez, Governor of the State of Fla.

William D. Preston and Carolyn S. Raepple of Hopping, Boyd, Green and Sams, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Children's Home Soc. of Florida.


PER CURIAM.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) petitioned The Florida Bar Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law for an advisory opinion on the following issue pursuant to Rule 10-7 of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar:

Is the preparation of documents by lay counselors and the presentation of non-contested dependency court cases by lay counselors, including the filing of the documents, presentation of the case, request...

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