A.L. v. Department of Children & Families

A.L., the mother of S.L., J.L., M.L. and E.L., appeals from a final order terminating jurisdiction over this dependency action and permanently placing her children with their non-offending father.

This dependency action began when the Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) sheltered A.L.’s four children following a domestic violence incident. According to the shelter petition, concern existed that the mother, who was unemployed, had been evicted from a rooming house that she shared with the children. Due to the possibility that the mother would flee to Mexico with the children, DCF asked…