M.P. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 3D17-1302.

230 So.3d 512 (2017)

M.P., the Mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed October 11, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene F. Zenobi , Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region, and Kevin Coyle Colbert , Assistant Regional Counsel, for appellant.

Karla Perkins , for the Department of Children and Families; Wendie Michelle Cooper , Beth Kathryn Roland and Thomasina F. Moore (Sanford), for the Guardian ad Litem Program, for appellees.

Paula Velazquez , Attorney ad Litem for A.D., minor child.

Before SALTER, FERNANDEZ and LINDSEY, JJ.


M.P., the mother, appeals the trial court's Order Denying the Motion to Set Aside and Vacate the Final Judgment of Termination of Parental Rights, entered after M.P.'s failure to attend the adjudicatory hearing on the petition. We affirm the trial court's denial, finding no abuse of discretion...

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