T.M.W. v. DEP'T OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4 D21-948.

327 So.3d 290 (2021)

T.M.W., the Mother, Appellant, v. State of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony P. Ryan , Regional Counsel, and Richard G. Bartmon , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Andrew Feigenbaum , Children's Legal Services, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Thomasina F. Moore , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Samantha C. Valley , Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian Ad Litem Program.


We reverse the order placing T.M.W.'s children in a permanent guardianship with their maternal grandmother and terminating the supervision of the Department of Children and Families. The mother's due process rights were violated because she was not afforded fair notice that the hearing preceding the order on appeal was a permanency hearing...

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