IN RE H.T.

No. 2D15-4367.

204 So.3d 120 (2016)

In the Interest of H.T., a child. K.B., Appellant, v. Department of Children & Families and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ita M. Neymotin , Regional Counsel, Second District, and Joseph Thye Sexton , Assistant Regional Counsel of the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Bartow, for Appellant.

Stephanie C. Zimmerman , Deputy Director & Statewide Director of Appeals of Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee Department of Children & Families.

Laura E. Lawson of Guardian ad Litem Program, Sanford, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


We reverse the order placing K.B.'s daughter, H.T., in a permanent guardianship and terminating protective supervision. As the Department of Children and Families properly concedes, its failure to notify K.B. of its intent to seek a permanent guardianship and the circuit court's failure to conduct...

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