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IN THE INTEREST OF K.L.

No. 2D05-4870.

932 So.2d 638 (2006)

In the Interest of K.L., P.L., and N.L., Children. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellant, v. M.L., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 7, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Sherman, Lakeland, for Appellant.

No appearance for Appellee.

VILLANTI, Judge.

The Department of Children and Family Services appeals a final order directing it to pay the grandmother's attorney's fees in a foster care proceeding. The Department correctly argues that there was no authority for the award of fees. While we are not unsympathetic to the trial judge's frustration with the Department's delay in conducting a home study, it was error for the trial judge to order the fee payment absent a legal basis. See Dep't of...

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