IN INTEREST OF D.F.

Nos. 92-3529, 92-3389.

622 So.2d 1102 (1993)

IN the Interest of D.F., K.W., and T.W., all children.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ann Shepard, Program Atty., Guardian ad Litem Program, Lake City, for appellant.

Carl S. New, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, amicus curiae.


PER CURIAM.

In these consolidated appeals we review the trial court's order finding Section 39.464(4), Florida Statutes, unconstitutional for lack of procedural due process for: (1) failure to require the petitioner to plead egregious abuse in the original dependency petition; (2) failure to require appointment of counsel at the original dependency arraignment alleging egregious abuse. We reverse and remand.

In a dependency petition filed August 14, 1991,...

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