IN INTEREST OF J.P.

No. 91-228.

586 So.2d 485 (1991)

In the Interest of J.P., a child, Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis H. Buzzell, III, Asst. Dist. Legal Counsel, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Jacksonville, for appellant.

C. Fred Moberg, of Penland & Penland, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellee.


ERVIN, Judge.

Appellant, the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services ("the department" or "HRS"), appeals a nonfinal order in which the trial court required HRS to pay medical expenses of a child, J.P., who has not been adjudicated dependent. We reject appellee's contention that this appeal was not timely filed, and reverse and remand for further findings consistent with this opinion.

On August 4, 1987, HRS filed a petition seeking to have J.P., who...

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