Case Name: Phillip WHITE and Yolanda Shines, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-02-27
Citations: 483 So. 2d 861
Docket Number: Nos. 85-625, 85-635
Parties: Phillip WHITE and Yolanda Shines, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
Judges: COBB, C.J., and UPCHURCH, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 483
Pages: 861–867

Head Matter:
Phillip WHITE and Yolanda Shines, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
Nos. 85-625, 85-635.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 27, 1986.
Jane E. Carey, Orlando, for appellant Phillip White.
Wanda Fishalow, Orlando, for appellant Yolanda Shines.
Douglas E. Whitney, Dist. Counsel, and Gerry L. Clark, Asst. Dist. Counsel, Dept, of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Orlando, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellants appeal the permanent termination of their parental rights. We re verse. The lower court neglected to inform appellants of their right to obtain counsel during the dependency proceedings. The results of these proceedings were used as a basis for the lower court's adjudication of permanent termination. See In the Interest of A.T.P., 427 So.2d 355 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). For this reason, we reverse the order terminating parental rights.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
COBB, C.J., and UPCHURCH, J., concur.
COWART, J., concurs specially with opinion.