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D.F. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERV.

No. 3D03-1478.

877 So.2d 733 (2004)

D.F., Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing and Certification Denied June 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl E. Hall, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Calianne P. Lantz and Mercedes Scopetta, for appellee.

Before COPE, GREEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

RAMIREZ, J.

D.F. appeals the trial court's April 21, 2003 final judgment for termination of the parental rights to her three children. We find that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied D.F.'s counsel's repeated requests for a continuance of the final adjudicatory hearing and therefore reverse.

In April of 1997, the appellee Florida Department of Children and Family Services adjudicated D.F.'s three children dependent. After being reunited with...

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