IN RE M.C.

No. 2D01-168.

796 So.2d 566 (2001)

In the Interest of M.C., B.D., and M.D.C., children. P.D., Appellant, v. State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda A. Lorrier, Bradenton, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David Ryder, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


SALCINES, Judge.

P.D., the mother of M.D.C., appeals the order which denied her motion to reopen a dependency case concerning her son. We reverse the order and remand for further proceedings.

M.D.C. was born on June 18, 1992, and was left with P.D.'s maternal aunt on October 7, 1994. A petition to declare M.D.C. dependent1 was filed on December 30, 1994. Counsel was appointed for P.D. on January 27, 1995. A case plan with the goal...

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