IN INTEREST OF L.W.

Nos. 2D21-589 2D21-592.

326 So.3d 1214 (2021)

In the INTEREST OF L.W., a child. M.M.W., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees. R.W., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toni A. Butler of Alderuccio & Butler, LLC, Naples, for Appellants.

Mary Soorus , Children's Legal Services, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Thomasina F. Moore and Laura J. Lee , Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee; and Beth Kathryn Roland , Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office Defending Best Interests Project, Family First Firm, Orlando, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


In these appeals, which this court has consolidated for purposes of this opinion, M.M.W. (the Mother) and R.W. (the Father) challenge an order adjudicating their child (the Child) dependent with findings as to both parents. We affirm the adjudication of dependency of the Child as to the Mother1 but reverse the order...

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