DEP'T OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. A.L.

No. 1D20-1002.

307 So.3d 978 (2020)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellants, v. A.L., Mother, and T.I., Father of C.D.I., D.A.I., and I.A.A.L., Minor Children, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela M. Holck , Pensacola, and Sarah J. Rumph , Tallahassee, for Appellant Department of Children and Families; Thomasina F. Moore and Sara Goldfarb , Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Appellant Guardian ad Litem Program.

Anne Marie Perine , Tallahassee, and Crystal McBee Frusciante , Sunrise, Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, for Appellee T.I. David Maldonado, Lakeland, for Appellee A.L.


The Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the Guardian ad Litem Program (GAL) appeal a final order dismissing a petition to terminate parental rights. For the following reasons, we reverse.

DCF petitioned to terminate the mother and father's parental rights to D.I. and I.L. and named three grounds as to each: 1. The mother...

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