K.B. v. Department of Children & Families

We reverse the order placing KB.’s daughter, H.T., in a permanent guardianship and terminating protective supervision. As the Department of Children and Families properly concedes, its failure to notify KB. of its intent to seek a permanent guardianship and the circuit court’s failure to conduct an evidentiary-hearing on the Department’s motion for such violated KB.’s due process rights. J.B. v. Dep’t of Children & Family Servs., 130 So.3d 753, 756-57 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014); P.P. v. Dep’t of Children & Family Servs., 86 So.3d 556, 559-60 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012); T.H. v. Dep’t of Children & Family…