L.M. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D09-1350.

20 So.3d 408 (2009)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 14, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Massa, Regional Counsel, J. Patrick Reynolds, Assistant Regional Counsel, and Debbie Maken, Legal Intern, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Thomas B. Arden, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Ama N. Appiah, Tavares, for Guardian ad Litem Program.


STEVENSON, J.

L.M., the mother, timely appeals an order on permanency review that essentially denied her request for reunification with the minor child and an order terminating the Department of Children and Families' ("DCF") protective supervision. We reverse and remand both orders because the order on permanency review neglects to make adequate findings on L.M.'s substantial compliance with DCF's case plan, and the order terminating protective supervision neglects...

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