SP v. Department of Children and Families

866 So.2d 1253 (2004)

S.P., Mother of S.M. and R.M., Children, Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 5D03-2181.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 13, 2004.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 2004.

Ryan Thomas Truskoski of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Charles D. Peters, Department of Children and Families, Orlando, for Appellee.

THOMPSON, J.

S.P., the mother ("mother"), appeals an order adjudicating her children, S.M. and R.M., dependent. We affirm.

On 20 March 2003, the Department of Children and Families ("department") received a…