A.L. v. Department of Children & Family Services

DAVIS, Judge.

A.L., the mother of J.C. and W.B.C., challenges the trial court’s order that placed the children in long-term relative placement and denied her any further contact with her sons. We find the denial of all contact with the children was an abuse of discretion and reverse that portion of the trial court’s order. We affirm the remainder of the order.

In October 1999, A.L. left her two sons unattended in a motel room while she attended a sporting event. The Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) sheltered the children with the maternal grandmother. Upon A.L.’s consent to the…