J.G. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D11-4592.

82 So.3d 1170 (2012)

J.G., Mother of K.A., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Skipper , Office of the Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Fifth District, Orlando, and Jeffrey Deen , Regional Counsel Office of the Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant.

Rosemarie Farrell , Appellate Counsel, Children's Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Orlando, for Appellee.

Eurilynne A. Williams , Senior Program Attorney for the Guardian ad Litem Program, Sanford, and Laura E. Lawson , Appellate Counsel, Guardian ad Litem Program, Tavares, for Guardian ad Litem Program.


EVANDER, J.

J.G. (the mother) appeals from an order that adjudicated her minor child, K.A., dependent, awarded sole parental responsibility of the child to K.A.'s father, and terminated the court's jurisdiction over the child. Because the procedure employed by the trial court violated the mother's due process rights, we reverse.

At a shelter hearing held on April 1, 2011, the trial court removed the minor child from the mother's custody and placed him in the...

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