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414 So. 2d 659

Docket No. AJ-392.

WY v. State

W.Y., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1982-06-04

Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently August 1987

10 state decisions

Relies on LJN v. State

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Decided 1982-06-04

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¶1Michael Allen, Public Defender, Glenna Joyce Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

¶2Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Gregory C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

¶3MILLS, Judge.

¶4W.Y. appeals an order committing him to the care of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS). We reverse.

¶5The sole error urged by W.Y. is that the trial court did not comply with Section 39.09(3)(e), Florida Statutes (1981), by not ranking the three placement alternatives for him suggested by HRS. Instead, the order lists one option, halfway house, as all three priorities. Recently, this court held that this statute is mandatory, reversing an order listing a placement option not provided by HRS. See L.J.N. v. State,411 So.2d 1349 (Fla. 1st DCA, 1982). The statute is mandatory when applied to the facts of this case as well.

¶6The ranking of placement options is reversed and the cause is remanded so that the court may rank the options given it.

¶7McCORD, J., and PEARSON, TILLMAN (Ret.), Associate Judge, concur.

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