IN INTEREST OF R.K.

No. 87-2812.

535 So.2d 312 (1988)

IN the INTEREST OF R.K., Jr., a Minor.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter K. Mislovic, Lakeland, for appellant.

Geraldyne H. Carlton of Carlton & Carlton, P.A., Lakeland, for appellee.


SCHOONOVER, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant, the mother of R.K., Jr., challenges a final judgment permanently committing her child to the custody of the appellee, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS). We find that the juvenile court violated the appellant's right to counsel and, accordingly, reverse.

After the appellant's child had been adjudicated dependent pursuant to the provisions of chapter 39, Florida Statutes (1983), HRS filed a...

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