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IN RE D.S.

No. 2D02-3555.

849 So.2d 411 (2003)

In the Interest of D.S., B.R., R.R., and C.R., Children. M.R., mother, Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 9, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott K. Spivack of Scott K. Spivack, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellant.

Douglas Sherman, Department of Children and Family Services, Bartow, for Appellee.

ALTENBERND, Chief Judge.

M.R. appeals an order terminating her parental rights to her son, D.S. Because the trial court abused its discretion in denying M.R.'s motion to continue the termination trial, we reverse. See Johnson v. State, Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 466 So.2d 17 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985).

On February 5, 2002, the Department of Children and Family Services filed a petition seeking to terminate...

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