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A.M. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D17-699.

223 So.3d 312 (2017)

A.M., the mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Kelley Schaeffer , Bradenton, for appellee Department of Children and Families.

Laura J. Lee , Sanford, for appellee Guardian Ad Litem Program.

Levine, J.

A child was sheltered due to a psychotic episode involving the mother. The Department of Children and Families subsequently petitioned to terminate the mother's parental rights due to her refusal to take necessary medications. The mother was then declared incompetent in an unrelated criminal trial. The question presented for our review is whether the mother's procedural due process rights require that her termination of parental rights trial not...

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