Legal Opinion
Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Chambers
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 26, 1985No. 84-1563PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) appeals a nonfinal order directing Jeffery Chambers and Grace Johnson to submit to blood tests for the purpose of determining the paternity of a child. We treat the appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari and grant the writ.
Pursuant to chapter 39, Florida Statutes (1983), a petition was filed in the Hillsbor-ough County Circuit Court on July 6, 1978, requesting the court to adjudicate Reginald Chambers a dependent child. The child had been receiving public assistance from the state of Florida.
Several days later, Chambers signed an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson v. JohnsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
3Cited by6 opinions
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- STATE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES v. DayDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
- Department of Revenue ex rel. Haynes v. AllenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- DEPT. OF H. & R. SERV. v. ChambersDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- Eller v. ThomasDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
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