Supreme Court of Florida, 1992

In the Interest of M.A.

Supreme Court of Florida · Decided December 3, 1992 · Barkett, Grimes, Harding, Kogan, McDonald, Overton, Shaw

609 So. 2d 597; 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 740; 1992 Fla. LEXIS 2045; 1992 WL 354461 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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Opinion of the Court

GRIMES, Justice.

We review In re M.A., 593 So.2d 521, 522 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992), in which the court certified the following question as being of great public importance:

WHETHER A NON-FINAL ORDER IN A DEPENDENCY PROCEEDING TRANSFERRING CUSTODY OF A MINOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES MAY BE REVIEWED UNDER FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iii)?

We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

Upon the authority of Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Honeycutt, 609 So.2d 596 (Fla. 1992), we answer the certified question in the negative and approve the decision below.

It is so ordered.

BARKETT, C.J., and OVERTON, McDonald, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.

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