L.J. v. FLA. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 1D09-6445.

33 So.3d 99 (2010)

L.J., Mother of D.C. and D.C., Minor Children, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Donovan, Legal Services of North Florida, Inc., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Lori Lee Fehr, Department of Children and Families, Pensacola, for Appellee.

Kelley Schaeffer, for the Guardian ad Litem Program, Tavares.


MARSTILLER, J.

L.J. appeals a final order terminating her parental rights to her two children, D.C., a girl aged five, and D.C., a boy aged three-and-a-half.1 She asserts the trial court erred in terminating her parental rights under section 39.806(1)(e), Florida Statutes, because the Department failed to prove her drug and alcohol addiction would not improve. She further asserts the trial court deprived her of due process by finding her...

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