IN INTEREST OF L.W.

No. 91-3461.

615 So.2d 834 (1993)

In the INTEREST OF L.W., a Minor.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joy A. Bartmon of the Law Offices of Bartmon & Bartmon, Boca Raton, and Sheri L. Orlowitz, Co-counsel, of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Pamela Wynn, Sr. Atty. for Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, Judge.

This case involving the placement of a very emotionally disturbed juvenile puts a face on the continuing battle between the courts, the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS), and the critical lack of funds for troubled children. The issue involved is whether a court exceeds its authority when it orders a child permanently committed to HRS for adoption placement to be cared for in a therapeutic foster home or residential treatment facility...

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