B.B. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 1D02-2743/02-2938.

854 So.2d 822 (2003)

B.B., In re the Adoption of M.E., etc., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gwendolyn P. Adkins, Coppins & Monroe, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Avron Bernstein, Child Welfare Attorney, Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


HAWKES, J.

In these two consolidated appeals, Appellant appeals from final orders denying her motion to intervene in a dependency action involving her twin grandchildren and her subsequent petition for adoption of those children, without addressing the adoption petition on the merits. We reverse the final order dismissing the petition for adoption, and remand for an evidentiary hearing. In light of this ruling, Appellant's appeal of the final order denying her motion...

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