IN RE L.N.

No. 2D01-22.

814 So.2d 1142 (2002)

In the Interest of L.N., a child, A.C.N., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shea T. Moxon, Tampa, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tanya E. DiFilippo, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee, Department of Children and Family Services.

No appearance for Appellee, Guardian ad Litem Program.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

A.C.N., the Mother, appeals the trial court's order terminating her parental rights to L.N. She challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting termination and also argues that she was denied the effective assistance of counsel because her counsel was not present at the first of four evidentiary hearings. We agree that the Mother was denied the meaningful assistance of counsel and reverse the termination order.

L.N. was born on September...

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