Harmon v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

SMITH, Acting Chief Judge.

Appeal from an order adjudging C.M.M. a dependent child under Chapter 39, Florida Statutes (1977). The circuit court’s order commits the child to the custody of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services pending placement for adoption, and permanently severs the parental rights of the natural parents. Jean D. Marion Harmon, the child’s natural mother and appellant here, contested the dependency adjudication. The natural father initially opposed the adjudication but later withdrew his opposition and is not a party to this appeal.

The record on appeal does not…