Interest of K.M. v. Department of Children & Family Services

BLACK, Judge.

P.P., the mother, appeals an order placing her child, K.M., into a permanent guardianship and terminating protective supervision. Because the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) did not properly notify the mother that the hearing in this case was a permanent guardianship hearing and because the mother was not afforded an opportunity to present evidence at an evidentiary hearing prior to the child’s placement in permanent guardianship, we reverse and remand this case for an evidentiary hearing.

I. Background Facts

On February 3, 2010, DCFS filed a petition for…