IN RE N.F.

No. 2D11-2320.

82 So.3d 1188 (2012)

In the Interest of N.F., a child. N.F., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Hendry , Regional Counsel, and Robert D. Rosen , Assistant Regional Counsel, Law Offices of the Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bernie McCabe , State Attorney, Sixth Judicial Circuit, and Leslie M. Layne , Assistant State Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Jennifer S. Paulin , Orlando, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

On the petition of the Department of Children and Family Services, the circuit court terminated the parental rights of N.F., the mother of a three-year-old. However, at the final hearing the Department failed to prove any grounds for termination. Therefore, we reverse the termination of N.F.'s parental rights.

In September 2009, N.F. was involved in a physical altercation with her boyfriend and she was arrested and jailed. At the time of...

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