Legal Opinion
L.N. v. Department of Children & Family Services
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 16, 2004No. 2D03-1678PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Judge.
L.N., the natural mother (the Mother) of E.D., B.N., A.N., and R.N., appeals the final judgment terminating her parental rights. The trial court ruled that section 39.806(l)(b) and (l)(c), Florida Statutes (2001), authorized termination of her parental rights to all four children. We reverse the termination of her rights to E.D. because the Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) failed to allege or prove requisite grounds for severing one parent’s rights without severing the parental rights of the other parent. Although the trial court erred in finding that…
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