METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY v. DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SER.

No. 95-3073.

683 So.2d 188 (1996)

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Attorney, and Jason Block and Thomas A. Tucker Ronzetti, Assistant Dade County Attorneys, for appellant.

Gallwey Gillman Curtis Vento & Horn and Alan I. Mishael, Miami and Bill Mosman, Miami Beach; Robin H. Greene, Miami, for appellees.

Adalberto Jordan, Miami, for the Guardian Ad Litem Program as amicus curiae.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order of the trial court, which determined that Metropolitan Dade County, rather than HRS, was obligated to pay for the psychological evaluation necessary in a child dependency proceeding. As we and our sister courts have unequivocally held, fees such as these are the responsibility of HRS. Department of Health & Rehab. Servs. v. Metropolitan Dade County, 459 So.2d 1182 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); ...

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