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IN RE J.S.

No. 2D09-404.

18 So.3d 712 (2009)

In the Interest of J.S. and A.S., children. J.S., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson Stuart 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 R. Schaeffer, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Annette M. Lizardo, Orlando, for Appellee Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office.

MORRIS, Judge.

J.S., the mother, appeals an order placing her children, J.S. and A.S., into a permanent guardianship. Because there was competent, substantial evidence that J.S. was making a determined effort to rehabilitate herself, we reverse and remand for reinstatement of J.S.'s case plan.

I. Facts

In August 2006, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) filed a petition for adjudication of dependency based on neglect by both J.S...

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