IN RE E.R.

No. 2D09-3785.

49 So.3d 846 (2010)

In the Interest of E.R. and A.R., children. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellants, v. S.H. and F.R., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kimberly G. Gore , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant Department of Children and Family Services.

Rebecca R. Bell and C. Christine Smith of The L. David Shear Children's Law Center of Bay Area Legal Services, Inc., Tampa; and Laura E. Lawson , Tavares, for Appellant Guardian ad Litem Program.

Linda C. Clark of Linda C. Clark, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee S.H.

John E. Hendry , Regional Counsel, Second District, Bartow, and James P. Harris, Jr. , Special Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Temple Terrace, for Appellee F.R.


MORRIS, Judge.

The Department of Children and Family Services (DCF), the attorney ad litem appointed for the children, E.R. and A.R., and the guardian ad litem appeal the order denying DCF's petition to terminate the parental rights of S.H. (the mother) and F.R. (the father). For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse and remand.

I. Background

A. Facts leading up to the termination (TPR) petition

In June 2007, thirteen-month-old...

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