DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES v. F.A.P.

No. 4D19-2997.

291 So.3d 130 (2020)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES and Guardian Ad Litem, Appellants, v. F.A.P., the Mother, and M.M., the Father, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Feigenbaum of Children's Legal Services, West Palm Beach, for appellant Department of Children & Families.

Thomasina F. Moore , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee , Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for appellant Guardian ad Litem.

No brief filed for appellees.


After the trial court denied an expedited petition to terminate parental rights, it then failed to also consider dependency as statutorily required. Based on that statute, the parents' concession below, and the evidence in the record, we reverse and remand for the trial court to adjudicate the child dependent.

The parents brought...

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