W.S.M. v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES

No. 96-60.

692 So.2d 246 (1997)

W.S.M., JR., natural father of S.M. and S.M., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Haley and Robert Earl Case, Jr., of Brannon, Brown, Haley, Robinson & Bullock, P.A., Lake City, for Appellant.

Gary T. Ford, Managing Attorney, Gainesville, for Appellee Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

Teresa Byrd Morgan of Darby, Peele, Bowdoin & Payne, Lake City, for Appellee A.R.M.


BENTON, Judge.

W.S.M., Jr., the father of two daughters (who each have the same initials: S.M.), appeals the denial of his motion to tax against the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) the costs, but not the attorney's fees, he incurred in a dependency proceeding. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

HRS filed a dependency petition under Chapter 39, Florida Statutes (1993), alleging that W.S.M., Jr., and his brother, M.M., sexually...

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