FLORIDA D.C.F.S. v. McKIM

No. 1D03-2092.

869 So.2d 760 (2004)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellant, v. Jo Lynn McKIM, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucy Goddard-Teel, District Legal Counsel, Department of Children and Family Services, Gainesville, for appellant.

Bennett A. Hutson, of Davis & Hutson, L.C., Gainesville, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The Florida Department of Children and Family Services (Department) appeals from a final judgment denying its request for adult protective services for the appellee, Jo Lynn McKim. The Department asserts that the trial court erred as a matter of law in determining that it had no statutory authority to order protective services under section 415.1051(1), Florida Statutes, of the Adult Protective Services Act, even though the court found by clear and convincing...

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