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A.W. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Apr 12, 1994
634 So. 2d 1135 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)
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holding that there is no authority under section 39.054, Florida Statutes, or elsewhere to order the parent of a delinquent child to perform community service

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Opinion

No. 93-3585.

April 12, 1994.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Leon County, Charles McClure, J.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and James W. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We must reverse that portion of the order below which requires that the mother of A.W., a delinquent child, perform community service, as there is no authority for such an order under section 39.054, Florida Statutes, or any other statute. Accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions that the provision requiring the mother of A.W. to perform community service be stricken from the disposition order.

BOOTH, ALLEN and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.

Summaries of

A.W. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Apr 12, 1994
634 So. 2d 1135 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

holding that there is no authority under section 39.054, Florida Statutes, or elsewhere to order the parent of a delinquent child to perform community service

Summary of this case from C.W., M.G. v. State
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A.W. v. State

Case Details

Full title:A.W., A CHILD, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Apr 12, 1994

Citations

634 So. 2d 1135 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

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