S.L. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D11-3844.

82 So.3d 203 (2012)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony P. Ryan , Regional Counsel, and Crystal K. McBee , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jeffrey Dana Gillen , West Palm Beach, for appellee Department of Children and Families.

Hillary Kambour , Tavares, for appellee Guardian Ad Litem Program.


WARNER, J.

In challenging the final judgment terminating her rights, appellant mother claims that the trial court's finding that termination was the least restrictive means of protecting the child from harm, as required by Padgett v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, 577 So.2d 565 (Fla.1991), was not supported by competent substantial evidence. In particular, she claims that because the trial court did not...

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