DOE v. DOE

No. 90-2573.

567 So.2d 1002 (1990)

In re Jane DOE, a Minor, Petitioner, v. Mother DOE, Mother and Natural Guardian, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Klein & Walsh, P.A., and Michelle Hankey of Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Peter A. Sachs of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent-Mother Doe.

Christina M. Simon of Steel Hector Davis Burns & Middleton, West Palm Beach, for respondents-Palm Beach Newspaper & Miami Herald.


LETTS, Judge.

Jane Doe is a mentally handicapped minor who also suffers from seizures. She is represented by an attorney ad litem.

The proceedings below were initiated by her mother and natural guardian who sought authorization for Jane's surgical sterilization and thereafter moved to close the proceedings in the trial court and bar the publishing or broadcasting of the identity of the parties. Mother Doe contended Jane's right of privacy outweighed the public...

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