In the Interest of YFW

494 So.2d 308 (1986)

In the Interest of Y.F.W., a Minor Child.

No. BL-161.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 24, 1986.

Salvatore D. Mollica, Gainesville, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., James W. Sloan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

SMITH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment of permanent commitment of a seven year old female child who has been in foster care since 1982. Because of the existence of a critical defect in the proceedings below, we are compelled to reverse.

There have been three permanent commitment proceedings. On July 10, 1984,…