L.I. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVS.

No. 3D07-1550.

972 So.2d 221 (2007)

L.I., Appellant, v. The DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Coyle Colbert, Miami, for appellant.

Karla Perkins, Assistant District Legal Counsel for appellee, Department of Children and Family Services; and Hillary S. Kambour, for appellee, Guardian Ad Litem Program.

Before GERSTEN, C.J., and SUAREZ, J., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


GERSTEN, C.J.

L.I. appeals from an order vacating prior dismissals and granting a new trial on a petition to terminate parental rights. Finding no error in the successor judge's reconsideration of the prior dismissals, we affirm.

The Department of Children and Family Services (the "Department") petitioned to terminate L.I.'s parental rights to her three children, A.T., Ta.T., and To.T. At an adjudicatory hearing, the original trial judge granted L.I.'s motion...

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