D.S. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D03-3491.

888 So.2d 85 (2004)

D.S., Mother of K.J., A Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Pavloff Attridge, of Mary Pavloff Attridge, P.A., Bushnell, for Appellant.

Ralph J. McMurphy, Wildwood, for Appellee.


TORPY, J.

Appellant challenges the lower court's judgment that terminated her parental rights as to her 8 year old son, K.J. Because we determine that the lower court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to terminate Appellant's parental rights, we reverse the judgment and remand this cause for further consideration.

In September and again in October of 2000, police in Connecticut discovered that Appellant had...

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