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IN RE S.S.

No. 98-04841.

735 So.2d 576 (1999)

In the Interest of S.S. and D.S. S.S., Appellant, v. State, Department of Children and Families, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Wolfe, Tampa, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane W. Beaty, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

We reverse the final judgment terminating S.S.'s parental rights because she was not given accurate notice of the consequences of failing to personally appear at the advisory hearing.

On October 29, 1998, S.S. was served with a petition by the Department of Children and Families to terminate her parental rights to two children, along with a notice of an advisory hearing to be held November 13, 1998. The notice included the following statement...

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