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S.M. v. FLA. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. SC15-2127.

202 So.3d 769 (2016)

S.M., etc., Petitioner, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 1, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony Parker Ryan , Regional Counsel, and Richard Gordon Bartmon , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Fourth District, West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

Stephanie Christina Zimmerman , Deputy Director and Statewide Director of Appeals, Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, FL; and Karla F. Perkins , Appellate Counsel, Children's Legal Services, Miami, FL, for Respondent Florida Department of Children and Families.

Dennis Wayne Moore , Thomasina Moore , and Wendie Michelle Cooper , Sanford, FL, for Respondent Guardian ad Litem Program.

This case involves what is constitutionally required before terminating the parental rights to children. Recognizing that parents have a fundamental liberty interest in being a parent to their children, this Court has required that, as part of a parent's constitutional rights, the termination of parental rights be the "least restrictive...

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