IN RE T.F.

No. 2D08-1291.

8 So.3d 474 (2009)

In the Interest of T.F., a child. T.F., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian ad Litem Program, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson S. Flyte, Regional Counsel, Second District, and Robert D. Rosen, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kelley Schaeffer, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Ama N. Appiah, Orlando, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


VILLANTI, Judge.

The Mother appeals a final order adjudicating her child dependent.1 The Department of Children and Family Services and the Guardian ad Litem Program concede that the trial court erred in its order changing the case plan goal from reunification to adoption, but they argue that the issue is moot because the Mother subsequently surrendered her parental rights to the child. We find that the issue is not moot and hold that...

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