DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERV. v. COSKEY

Nos. 91-895, 91-985, 91-986, 91-987, 91-988, 91-1407, 91-1430, 91-1431.

599 So.2d 153 (1992)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Julia Bohlmann COSKEY, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Sawyer, Jr., Dist. Legal Counsel, Orlando, for appellant.

Nina L. Boniske, Asst. County Atty., Melbourne, for appellee, Brevard County.

No Appearance for appellees, Julia Bohlmann Coskey, Gregory L. Hammel, Fernando M. Palacios, J. Scott Lanford, and James H. Earp.


PETERSON, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) appeals the assessment against it of attorney's fees. The fees were awarded to court-appointed counsel to represent the interests of children in dependency cases initiated by HRS pursuant to part III of chapter 39, Florida Statutes (1989). We reverse the assessments in these eight dependency cases consolidated for purposes of appeal.

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