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PADGETT v. DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERVICES

Nos. 74357, 74358.

577 So.2d 565 (1991)

Thomas PADGETT, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Respondent. Mary Hartline PADGETT, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Semento of Lawrence J. Semento, P.A., Mount Dora, for petitioner, Thomas Padgett.

Mark A. Nacke of Michael H. Hatfield P.A., Umatilla, for petitioner, Mary Hartline Padgett.

Linda K. Harris, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, for respondent.

SHAW, Chief Justice.

We have for review Padgett v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, 543 So.2d 1317, 1318 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989), in which the district court certified the following: "[W]e... certify the question of "prospective" abuse, neglect or abandonment under Chapter 39 to be one of great public importance... ." We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. Because we find the term "prospective...

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