In the Interest of H.B. v. State

SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant, the mother of H.B., appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion to dismiss a dependency petition. We reverse.

On July 18, 1983, the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services filed a petition for dependency which petition alleged that H.B. had been sexually abused by her stepfather. Appellant/mother filed a motion to dismiss the dependency petition on October 19, 1983, alleging that no adjudicatory hearing had been held on the dependency petition within 90 days as mandated by Fla.R.Juv.P. 8.180, i.e., the time for speedy trial expired on October 16, 1983.…