IN THE INTEREST OF M.G. AND A.B.

Case No. 2D18-4211.

269 So.3d 642 (2019)

In the INTEREST OF M.G. and A.B., children. A.D., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed April 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Thomas Truskoski of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Bernie McCabe , State Attorney, and Leslie M. Layne , Assistant State Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Thomasina Moore and Joanna Summers Brunell , Appellate Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


A.D. appeals the final judgment terminating her parental rights to her children, M.G. and A.B. Because the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow A.D. to appear by telephone and explain her absence from the advisory hearing, we reverse.

At the advisory hearing, A.D.'s attorney advised the court that A.D. was...

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