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IN RE E.L.

No. 98-02462.

732 So.2d 37 (1999)

In the Interest of E.L., I.L., I.L., and K.L., Children. L.M.L., Appellant, v. State, Department of Children and Families, and Jerry Haynam, Guardian ad Litem, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia R. Vetter, Tampa, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dyann W. Beaty, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Laura Ankenbruck, Tampa, for Appellee Jerry Haynam, Guardian ad Litem.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

L.M.L. challenges the termination of her parental rights to four children. We reverse because the termination proceeding did not comply with the Florida Statutes.

In January 1997, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) filed a petition seeking emergency shelter for L.M.L.'s children. The circuit court appointed attorney Norman Palumbo to represent her and designated a guardian ad litem for the children. In due course, the court held...

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