M.S. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 3D10-3052.

60 So.3d 573 (2011)

M.S., the mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. George, Jr. , Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region, and Kevin Coyle Colbert , for appellant.

Karla Perkins , Appellate Counsel, for the Department of Children and Families.

Before GERSTEN and EMAS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM.

M.S. ("the mother") appeals from an order adjudicating her minor child, J.B., dependent. We reverse.

The police investigated J.B.'s father in connection with a drug sting. When police officers went to arrest J.B.'s father, the mother opened the door to the home. J.B. was watching television in the room. Upon searching the home, the officers found unsecured weapons and drug paraphernalia in a bedroom closet. A relative took J.B. away and the officers...

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