C.L.R. v. Department of Children & Families

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING,

We grant appellant’s motion for rehearing, withdraw our prior opinion and substitute the following in lieu thereof.

C.L.R. appeals the denial of his motion for hearing on issues raised in his pro se pleading filed in a dependency action. Because we conclude that C.L.R. was entitled to notice and an opportunity to be heard in his children’s dependency proceeding, we reverse.

C.L.R. is the father of six children. He is divorced from the children’s mother. As part of the divorce, the mother was given primary residential responsibility for the children. C.L.R. has…