IN THE INTEREST OF M.A. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 1D04-5687.

906 So.2d 1226 (2005)

In the Interest of M.A., N.S. and S.S., Children; Guardian Ad Litem Program, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Wade Young, Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office, Orlando, for Appellants.

Judith Levine, Assistant General Counsel, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The Guardian ad Litem appeals the trial court's order placing three dependant children, M.A., N.S., and S.S., in the custody of their relatives in Massachusetts. The Guardian ad Litem argues that (1) the trial court utilized an erroneous preference for relatives in determining that the children, who had previously been adjudicated dependant and placed with a foster family, should be placed with the relatives and (2) even if the trial court did utilize...

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