NORRIS v. SPENCER

No. 89-2379.

568 So.2d 1316 (1990)

Leslie NORRIS, et al., Appellants, v. Pamela Rockfeller SPENCER, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Minot of Minot and Minot, Cocoa, for appellants.

Fred D. Leone, Cocoa, for appellee Pamela Rockfeller Spencer.

Stanley Wolfman of Wolfman & Greenfield, P.A., Merritt Island, for appellee James Robert Costlow.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Kathleen E. Moore and Jason Vail, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.


COBB, Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether court appointed guardians of a minor child have standing to file a petition for severance of parental rights. The answer is yes.

The minor child herein at issue, B.S., was placed in the care of the appellants, Leslie and Gina Viola Norris, by the child's natural mother, Pamela Spencer. Subsequently, the child was declared dependent by the circuit court and the Norrises were appointed as custodians with responsibility...

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