DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. M.G.

No. 5D02-1079.

838 So.2d 703 (2003)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellant, v. M.G., Mother of K.G. and P.G., Children, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Peters, Orlando, for Appellant.

Robert R. Berry and Gregory W. Eisenmenger, of Eisenmenger, Berry & Peters, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.


PLEUS, J.

The Department of Children and Families appeals an order awarding $1500 in attorney's fees to M.G., the mother of two children the Department was seeking to have declared dependent.

The Department sheltered M.G.'s two children. A dependency petition was filed and after pretrial skirmishing was completed and discovery undertaken, the trial court scheduled trial for Wednesday, December 26, 2001. On the morning of December 26, the Department filed a...

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