IN INTEREST OF M.J.

No. 87-3386.

543 So.2d 1323 (1989)

In the Interest of M.J.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alberta S. Widman of Alberta S. Widman, P.A., Fort Pierce, for appellant, Ana Marie Baustista-Pinales.

K. Stuart Goldberg of K. Stuart Goldberg, P.A., Royal Palm Beach, for appellee, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.


STONE, Judge.

This is an appeal by a natural mother from an order adjudicating her ten-year-old child dependent and placing her under the protection of the court.

When the child was five years old the natural mother, who lived in the Dominican Republic, consented to her being privately adopted by a single male, who was a United States citizen. The adoptive father returned to this country with the child and was subsequently arrested and convicted for sexually...

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