DHRS v. M.B.

No. 88840.

701 So.2d 1155 (1997)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Petitioner, v. M.B., et al., etc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott D. Leemis, District IV Legal Counsel, Jacksonville, K.C. Tusher, Assistant District Legal Counsel, Jacksonville, and Cynthia B. Glazier, Guardian Ad Litem Program, Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Noel G. Lawrence, Jacksonville, for Respondent G.B.


ANSTEAD, Justice.

We have for review M.B. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, 21 Fla. L. Weekly D1817, 1996 WL 453438 (Fla. 1st DCA Aug.13, 1996). We accepted jurisdiction to answer the following questions certified to be of great public importance:

DOES THE TERM "STATEMENT" IN SECTION 90.803(23), FLORIDA STATUTES, PERMIT THE ADMISSION OF A CHILD VICTIM'S PRIOR UNSWORN STATEMENT WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CHILD'S IN-COURT TESTIMONY...

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