CF v. Department of Children and Families

822 So.2d 571 (2002)

C.F., Mother of D.F. and A.F., Children, Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 5D02-412.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 2, 2002.

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

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

PLEUS, J.

The mother appeals an order awarding long term custody of her children to a non-relative. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146. She argues that the trial court erred in ordering long term…