W.T. v. K.F.Y.

The trial court terminated W.T.’s parental rights and granted Appellees’ petition for stepparent adoption after a hearing. W.T. appeals the order terminating his parental rights because he is indigent and incarcerated and was unrepresented below. We agree that reversal is appropriate.

*1217Despite receiving notice of the hearing and arranging to appear telephonically, the Department of Corrections inadvertently caused Appellant to miss the hearing, which proceeded in his absence. Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.525(d) provides that “all parties have the right to be present at all termination…