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RW v. Department of Children and Families

RW v. Department of Children and Families
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided November 14, 2006 · Per Curiam
942 So. 2d 934; 2006 WL 3327816 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

RW v. Department of Children and Families

Opinion

942 So.2d 934 (2006)

R.W., Mother of A.W., A Child, Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 5D06-1828.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 14, 2006.
Rehearing Denied December 1, 2006.

Shirley Clark Ayers, Ocala, for Appellant.

Ralph J. McMurphy, Department of Children and Families, Wildwood, for Appellee.

Thomas Wade Young, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Program, Orlando.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See D.D. v. Dep't of Children & Families, 849 So.2d 473 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (holding that dependency statute's 30-day time limitation during which to hold an adjudicatory hearing in a dependency case is not mandatory for protection of parent's rights, but directory for protection of child; State's compelling interest to protect well-being of child is paramount to parent's rights, and other sections of dependency statute allow for continuances and extensions when in best interests of child).

GRIFFIN, PALMER and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.

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