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IN INTEREST OF A.W.

Nos. 98-02173, 98-02174.

718 So.2d 236 (1998)

In the Interest of A.W., a child. H.L. and M.L., on Behalf of A.W., Petitioners, v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, and C.W. and S.B., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin A. Abraham, Orlando, and Judith M. Nagan, Gainesville, for Petitioners.

M. Elizabeth Wall, Lakeland, for Respondents.

Walter R. Moon of Walter R. Moon, P.A., Orlando, for Natural Father.

Robert A. Norgard, Bartow, for Natural Mother.

Cookie Rousos, Bartow, Family Law Division, Polk County Supervisor of GAL Programs.

Jay Yancey, Lakeland, Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

This court has before it a petition for writ of prohibition challenging the jurisdictional authority of the circuit court in Polk County to proceed in a dependency matter. A petition for writ of habeas corpus has also been filed which demands the return of the child to the custody of the petitioners. We deny the petitions.

The child at the center of this matter has just turned four years old. The petitioners, H.L. and M.L., are the maternal grandparents...

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