K.C. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Case No. 5D17-2266.

227 So.3d 783 (2017)

K.C., Mother of J.C., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed October 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Thomas Truskoski , Lori D. Loftis , and Jeffrey Deen , of Office of Criminal and Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant.

Wendie Michelle Cooper , Appellate Counsel, Guardian ad Litem Program, Sanford.

Kelley Schaeffer , Appellate Counsel, Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee.


Appellant ("Mother") appeals the trial court's order awarding permanent custody of her child to the non-offending parent ("Father"), denying reunification with her, and relinquishing jurisdiction by erroneously applying section 39.521(3)(b), Florida Statutes (2015), resulting in an order permanently placing the child with Father. The...

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