N.M. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D07-783.

964 So.2d 909 (2007)

N.M., the Mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Thomas, Hallandale, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeffrey P. Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

The mother appeals the trial court's order granting the Department of Children and Families's motion to change her case plan goal from reunification to permanent placement with a fit and willing relative, and order placing the mother's minor child permanently with a fit and willing relative.

Although a trial court's placement determination is reviewed for abuse of discretion, it must be supported by competent and substantial evidence. See In...

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