Dawn Elaine Brown, by and Through Gayle (Brown) Marden, as Her Mother and Next Friend, Cross v. Dixie Herlong Chastain, Cross

Florida law provides that appeals may be taken from custody orders rendered by the juvenile courts. F.S.A. § 39.14 (1968 Supp.); infra Part I. Appellants ask the federal courts to decide whether Florida may, consistent with the commands of the United States Constitution, “administer this statute so as to deny adequate appellate review to the poor while granting such review to all others.” Griffin v. Illinois, 1956, 351 U.S. 12, 13, 76 S.Ct. 585, 588, 100 L.Ed. 891. The district court, after declaring that it had jurisdiction over the controversy, found no transgression of constitutional…