State Court of Appeals / Fla. Dist. Ct. App.

MH v. Department of Children and Families

Decided February 27, 2004. Paul M. Hawkes wrote the opinion for the court.

866 So. 2d 220 · Cited 53 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

LB v. Department of Children and Families · 835 So. 2d 1189
Gaines v. Dept. of Children and Families · 711 So. 2d 190
Cc v. Dept. of Children & Family Services · 812 So. 2d 520
FL v. Department of Children and Families · 849 So. 2d 1114
K.R. v. Department of Children & Family Services · 843 So. 2d 366

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