Jones v. Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

LEHAN, Judge.

A mother and father appeal the amendment by the trial judge of an order previously entered by another trial judge. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The first order (1) adjudged the parents’ oldest child to be dependent but did not specify grounds contained in section 39.-01(9), Florida Statutes (Supp.1984), and (2) reserved ruling as to any dependency adjudication with regard to the other two of the parents’ children. The amendment by the second judge, which was entered without notice or hearing in response to a letter from HRS, (1) found that the adjudication of…