Legal Opinion
Department of Juvenile Justice v. CM
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 21, 1998No. 97-0847PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
704 So.2d 1123 (1998)
DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, Appellant,
v.
C.M., a child, Appellee.
No. 97-0847.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
January 21, 1998.
Alan R. Dakan, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Lynne K. Hennessey of Lynne K. Hennessey, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellee.
WARNER, Judge.
The trial court ordered the Department of Juvenile Justice ("DJJ") to pay for services rendered by Columbia Hospital to a juvenile evaluated in the hospital pursuant to court order and over the objections of DJJ. We reverse since the trial court cannot order DJJ to pay the hospital bill.
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