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D.A. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D13-2523.

132 So.3d 358 (2014)

D.A., the Mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Guardian Ad Litem Program, and B.C., V.A., A.A., D.A., L.A., and E.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony P. Ryan , Regional Counsel, and Richard G. Bartmon , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Rosemarie Farrell , Department of Children And Families, Orlando, for appellee Department of Children And Families.

Hillary S. Kambour , Guardian ad Litem Program, Sanford, for appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

William Booth of Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, for appellees B.C., V.A., A.A., D.A., L.A., and E.A.

GERBER, J.

The mother argues that her rights to due process and to a hearing by a fair and impartial judge were violated when the judge who ordered the Department of Children and Families to file a petition for termination of parental rights was the same judge who heard the termination trial and decided the termination petition. We conclude that the appellant's right to due process and to a fair and impartial judge were not violated through this procedure. Cf....

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