DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. V.V.

No. 5D01-701.

822 So.2d 555 (2002)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellant, v. V.V. and R.M., as Parents of S.M., a child, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly J. McKibben, Child Welfare Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Cocoa, and Alan Abramowitz, Chief Legal Counsel, Department of Children and Families, Orlando, for Appellant.

Steven G. Casanova, of Steven G. Casanova, P.A., Melbourne, for Appellees.


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

GRIFFIN, J.

The appellant has filed a motion for rehearing of our prior opinion. We grant the motion and issue the following opinion in its stead.

The Department of Children and Families ["DCF"] appeals a final judgment dismissing its combined petition for dependency and termination of parental rights of the infant, S.M. DCF argues that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing its petition for termination...

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