Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Wyers

NIMMONS, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) asserts that the trial court’s order placing B.J.A. in the permanent custody of his stepgrandparents and relinquishing jurisdiction over B.J.A. violates the Interstate Compact oh the Placement of Children, Section 409.401, Florida Statutes (1987).

B.J.A., born July 19, 1976, was adjudicated dependent while living with his natural mother and stepfather.1 He was placed in the custody of the appellees, the stepfather’s parents who live in Georgia.

The trial court agreed to comply with the Compact and to be the sending agency…