I.T. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 3D18-2361.

277 So.3d 678 (2019)

I.T., the Mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed June 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Richard F. Joyce, P.A., and Richard F. Joyce , for appellant.

Karla Perkins , Miami, for appellee the Department of Children and Families; Thomasina Moore , and Laura J. Lee (Tallahassee), for appellee the Guardian ad Litem Program.

Before SCALES, HENDON, and MILLER, JJ.


The mother, I.T., challenges two final judgments, contending that the Department of Children and Families ("the Department") failed to present clear and convincing evidence to support the termination of her parental rights as to four of her five children, N.S., C.S., D.M.T., and I.A.V. We agree and reverse.1

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