K.H. v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERV.

No. 87-1509.

527 So.2d 230 (1988)

In the Interest of K.H., a Child, Appellant, v. State of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Braun, Lake City, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Eric J. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ERVIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order permanently committing a dependent child to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) for subsequent adoption. We reverse.

As recited in the lower court's order of permanent commitment, K.H. had been in foster care for twenty-six months of his thirty-four-month-old life, having first been placed in the custody of HRS on September 9, 1985, based upon a subsequent determination of dependency, effected...

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