M.L. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D06-2136.

942 So.2d 977 (2006)

M.L., the Mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Ally of the Law Offices of Roger Ally, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeffrey Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Department of Children and Families.

Patricia M. Propheter, Orlando, for appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


PER CURIAM.

M.L., the Mother, appeals the trial court's order sheltering her son, C.G., with his paternal grandmother. We reverse the order appealed because the Department of Children & Families ("DCF") failed to establish that probable cause existed to believe that C.G. had been, or was in imminent danger of being, abused, neglected, or abandoned.

The sheltering of C.G. derived from M.L.'s delivery of a "substance exposed" child, C.G.'s sister, on April...

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