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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAM. v. BENWAY

No. 99-1343.

745 So.2d 437 (1999)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellant, v. Edward BENWAY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 5, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Sawyer, Jr., District Legal Counsel, Orlando, for Appellant.

R. Wm. Lyng, III of R. William Lyng, P.A., Kissimmee, for Appellee.

GOSHORN, J.

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) appeals the order requiring it to send the dependent child, A.B., to live with his natural father in Vermont in disregard of Vermont's disapproval of that placement. DCF argues that because the order does not comply with the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), which requires that the receiving state approve the placement,1 the order must be...

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