J.F. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D02-4225.

866 So.2d 81 (2004)

J.F., the Mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise E. Kistner of the Law Offices of Denise E. Kistner, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Laurel R. Wiley, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STEVENSON, J.

In this appeal, the mother, J.F., argues that the Department of Children and Families (Department) failed to present clear and convincing evidence to support the termination of her parental rights to two children, a son and daughter.1 We agree and reverse.

J.F.-1 was born on January 8, 1993. The Department filed a shelter petition on June 21, 1993, as to J.F.-1, alleging that the mother's step-child, S.F., was physically...

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