TM v. Department of Children and Families

927 So.2d 1088 (2006)

T.M., the Mother, Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 4D05-3878.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 17, 2006.

Kenneth M. Kaplan, Miami, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tricia D. Brissett, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

STEVENSON, C.J.

T.M.'s two sons, J.L.1 and J.L.2, were adjudicated dependent on June 5, 2003, and placed with their maternal grandmother. When the children were returned to T.M.'s custody, the grandmother initially had an "understanding" with T.M.…