IN RE S.Q.

No. 2D02-2566.

835 So.2d 381 (2003)

In the Interest of S.Q., C.Q., T.Q., and S.B., Children. S.B., mother, Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. King, Special Appointed Public Defender, Sarasota, for Appellant.

Melanie Newby, Department of Children and Family Services, Sarasota, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

S.B. (the mother) appeals an order terminating her parental rights to four children. We reverse because the Department of Children and Family Services did not prove the grounds for termination pursuant to section 39.806(1)(e), Florida Statutes (2002). Moreover, because there was no evidence that the youngest child was ever abandoned, abused, or neglected so as to support her continued dependency, we direct...

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