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IN RE T.W.

No. 89-893.

543 So.2d 837 (1989)

In re T.W., a Minor.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 12, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerri Ann Blair of Carr & Blair, P.A., Leesburg, for appellant.

Richard W. Boylston, Tavares, Atty. Ad Litem.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Gerald B. Curington, Director, Gen. Legal Services, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, amicus curiae.

PER CURIAM.

T.W. appeals an order denying her petition for waiver of parental consent for the termination of her pregnancy. We hold that the judicial alternative to parental consent established by section 390.001(4)(a), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1988) is unconstitutionally vague, as found by the trial court, and permits the arbitrary denial of a petition for waiver of parental consent. This procedure does not meet the requirements for a "judicial bypass" of parental...

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