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M.N. v. SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSP. OF FLORIDA, INC.

No. 94-1637.

648 So.2d 769 (1994)

M.N. and V.N., Parents of B.N., an infant, Appellants, v. SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF FLORIDA, INC., d/b/a Wolfson Children's Hospital; the State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit; and Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 5, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reese A. Waters, Jr., Jacksonville, for appellants.

Timothy W. Volpe and Mary E. McManus of Smith, Hulsey & Busey, Jacksonville, for appellee Southern Baptist Hosp. of Florida, Inc.

Lance M. Day, Asst. State Atty., Jacksonville, for appellee State Atty., Fourth Judicial Circuit.

Michele Guest of the Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services for appellee Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

ALLEN, Judge.

The appellants challenge an order by which medical treatment was authorized for their eight-month old child B.N., without their consent. Because it is unclear whether the court fully weighed all of the competing interests involved, we remand this case for further consideration.

B.N. was admitted by the appellants as a patient at Children's Hospital, where she was diagnosed with acute monocytic leukemia, severe anemia, and a low platelet count...

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