V.W. v. Department of Children & Family Services

CANADY, Judge.

Y.W., the mother, challenges a judgment terminating her parental rights to her male child, L.B.W. Because we conclude that the judgment was based on an unsupported factual finding, we reverse.

L.B.W., who was born in September 2000, was sheltered at birth by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) and was adjudicated dependent on October 30, 2000. The dependency order indicated that L.B.W. was at risk of harm because the mother suffered from mental illness and that, five months prior to L.B.W.’s birth, law enforcement officers discovered the mother rummaging through…