Case Name: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Laurian Anne Rauen SPANKIE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-02-04
Citations: 519 So. 2d 723
Docket Number: No. 87-1207
Parties: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Laurian Anne Rauen SPANKIE, Appellee.
Judges: SHARP, C.J., and COBB and COWART, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 519
Pages: 723–723

Head Matter:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Laurian Anne Rauen SPANKIE, Appellee.
No. 87-1207.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 4, 1988.
James A. Sawyer, Jr., District Legal Counsel, Dept, of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Orlando, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this case the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, during the course of a dependency proceeding, entered into an agreement with the mother to pay for a psychological evaluation, provided the evaluation was performed by one of four departmentally approved psychologists. Over the objection of HRS, the trial court, without hearing, authorized the evaluation to be performed by Mr. Denton Kurtz, who held a master's degree in education and who was not included in the agreement. Since the basis for HRS's obligation to pay was that the psychologist be selected from a list of four approved psychologists, the order requiring HRS to pay the counseling fee of Mr. Denton Kurtz is
REVERSED.
SHARP, C.J., and COBB and COWART, JJ., concur.