IN INTEREST OF D.H.

No. 95-01651.

670 So.2d 1072 (1996)

In the Interest of D.H., a child. B.L.H., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Reiter, North Fort Myers, for Appellant.

Steven L. Studybaker, Senior Attorney, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Fort Myers, for Appellee.


FRANK, Acting Chief Judge.

B.L.H., the natural mother of D.H., has appealed from an order terminating her parental rights. The order is predicated on the ground that her mental condition rendered her ineffective to parent the child. We find that there was insufficient evidence to justify permanent severance of B.L.H.'s ties to her child.

This case began in 1992 when B.L.H. was accused of striking her then four-year old son with a broom. This incident was never...

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