Legal Opinion
D.F. v. Florida Department of Children & Family Services
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 21, 2004No. 3D03-1478PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtRamirez, J.
D.F. appeals the trial court’s April 21, 2003 final judgment for termination of the parental rights to her three children. We find that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied D.F.’s counsel’s repeated requests for a continuance of the final adjudicatory hearing and therefore reverse.
In April of 1997, the appellee Florida Department of Children and Family Services adjudicated D.F.’s three children dependent. After being reunited with her children and returned to State custody several times, on July 28, 2001, pick-up orders issued for the children based upon D.F.’s arrest and the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jb v. Fla. Dept. of Children and Fam. ServicesSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
- Bouie v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
- Beachum v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
- JT v. Dept. of Children and FamiliesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
- C.W. v. Department of Children & Family ServicesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re A.M.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2012