L.R. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

No. 4D01-3289.

822 So.2d 527 (2002)

L.R. and L.R., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn G. Waxman of Lynn G. Waxman, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Amy Hickman of Hausman & Hickman, P.A., for appellants.

Charles D. Peters and Jeffrey Dana Gillen, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, C.J.

Appellants L.R. ("Grandmother") and L.R. ("Step-grandfather") timely appeal the trial court's dismissal of their petition for the adoption of the minor children B.T. and M.W., currently five and three years old, respectively. We reverse, holding L.R. and L.R. ("the grandparents"), who had filed a petition for the adoption of the children, were entitled to participate in an adjudicatory hearing where the trial court is to determine adoptive placement in...

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