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

No. 4D18-2218.

264 So.3d 973 (2019)

J.C., the Mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 13, 2019.

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, for appellant.

Ashley B. Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carolyn Schwarz , Assistant Attorney General, Children's Legal Services, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Department of Children and Families.

Thomasina Moore , Statewide Director of Appeals, Tallahassee, and Jesse R. Butler of Dickinson & Gibbons, P.A., Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Defending Best Interests Project, Sarasota, for appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

Appellant, J.C., appeals the trial court's final order terminating her parental rights as to her two children, J.L. and J.W. We agree with appellant that the trial court erred in terminating her rights based on section 39.806(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2017), and finding that she abandoned her children. However, we find that there was competent...

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