E.P. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 1D19-435.

274 So.3d 555 (2019)

E.P., Mother of S.P., a Child, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Candice K. Brower , General Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Region One, Gainesville; Robert Keep, Jr. , Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Jacksonville; Crystal McBee Frusciante of Frusciante Law Firm, P.A., Sunrise, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger , Appellate Counsel, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Thomasina F. Moore , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Sara Goldfarb , Appellate Counsel, Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee and Stephanie Marusak Marchman , Gray Robinson, P.A., Pro Bono Counsel, Gainesville, for Guardian ad Litem Program.


E.P. appeals the final judgment that terminated her parental rights to S.P., raising five arguments, including challenges to each of the three separate grounds found to justify termination. As E.P. argues and Appellee concedes, the trial court erred in finding grounds for termination pursuant to section 39.806(1)(l), Florida Statutes...

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