In the Interest of J.V. v. State

ERVIN, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of an order adjudicating the minor child dependent, and authorizing the transfusion of blood or blood products to the child. We affirm the court’s authorization of blood transfusions, but find no evidentiary basis for the determination of dependency, and therefore reverse and remand the order for modification.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services’ (HRS) petition for dependency, filed April 22, 1987, alleged that the parents of J.V. had abused their minor child, and that the child was in critical condition and in need of blood products. At an…