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

No. 1D19-163.

277 So.3d 708 (2019)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and the Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellants, v. K.W., Mother of A.C. and C.S., Minor Children, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah J. Rumph and Laura Battaglia , of Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellant Department of Children and Families.

Thomasina F. Moore , Sara Goldfarb , and Richard Paul Gillis of the Guardian ad Litem Program, Tallahassee, for Appellant the Guardian ad Litem Program.

Crystal M. Frusciante of Frusciante Law Firm, P.A., Sunrise; Anne Marie Perine , Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


In this appeal, the Department of Children and Families (the Department) and the Guardian Ad Litem Program (the GAL) challenge the trial court's denial of the petition to terminate the parental rights (TPR) of the mother, K.W. The appellants argue the trial court's determination that TPR was not in the manifest best interests of the children...

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