K.S. v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF CHILDREN

No. 1D13-6161.

136 So.3d 1289 (2014)

K.S., Mother of K. H., K. H., and L. D., Each a Minor Child, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Tupper , Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger , Appellate Counsel, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville; and Kelley Schaeffer , Appellate Counsel, Guardian ad Litem Program, Sanford, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, K.S., challenges an order adjudicating her children dependents of the state. We reverse.

At the arraignment hearing on the Department of Children and Families' petition for dependency of the appellant's children, the father entered a written consent to the dependency of the children. Although the appellant requested an evidentiary hearing on dependency consistent with the requirements of section 39.507(7)(b), Florida Statutes, the...

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