Case Name: Donna GELATT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-09-10
Citations: 585 So. 2d 477
Docket Number: No. 91-1255
Parties: Donna GELATT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 585
Pages: 477–478

Head Matter:
Donna GELATT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
No. 91-1255.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 10, 1991.
Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder, Fort Lauderdale, Gail L. Grossman, Miami, for appellant.
Robin H. Greene, Helen L. Stone, Miami, for appellee.
Before BASKIN, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the final judgment terminating parental rights because the record demonstrates that the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services did not give notice of the March 15, 1991 dispositional hearing as required by statute. A person required to be served with notice as prescribed by section 39.462(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1989), is entitled to notice of hearings. § 39.462(l)(b), Fla.Stat. (1989). Failure to furnish appellant notice of the disposition hearing rendered the entry of the judgment terminating her parental rights improper.
Reversed and remanded.
BASKIN and LEVY, JJ., concur.