LEWIS v. DEPT. OF HLTH. & REHAB. SERVICES

Nos. 95-921, 95-1108.

670 So.2d 1191 (1996)

Dawn LEWIS, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Hilker of Stephen E. Hilker, P.A., Palatka, for Appellant.

Frances S. Childers of Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Child Welfare Legal Services, Gainesville, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

Dawn Lewis ("the mother") appeals the final judgment terminating her parental rights to her son ("M.L.") and the order of disposition terminating her parental rights and permanently committing M.L. for subsequent adoption.1 She argues that the trial court erroneously admitted hearsay evidence during the adjudicatory hearing, and erroneously conducted the disposition hearing in the absence of her attorney. We find that...

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