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K.D. v. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE

No. 96-4051.

694 So.2d 817 (1997)

K.D., a minor child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing, Rehearing, and Certification Denied June 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer S. Carroll of Metzger, Sonneborn & Rutter, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Charles D. Peters, West Palm Beach, for Party-In-Interest-Florida Department of Children and Families.

Rehearing, Rehearing En Banc, and Certification Denied June 18, 1997.

WARNER, Judge.

The juvenile appellant was committed to the Department of Children and Family Services for residential treatment to restore her competency to stand trial on the delinquency petition filed against her. She contends that the statute authorizing her involuntary commitment is unconstitutional and, alternatively, that the trial court's order is not supported by clear and convincing...

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