SM v. Department of Children and Families

832 So.2d 242 (2002)

S.M., Mother of A.M., A Child, Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 5D02-587.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 6, 2002.

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

Charles D. Peters, Orlando, for Appellee.

THOMPSON, C.J.

S.M. ("the mother") appeals an order adjudicating her child, A.M. dependent. We affirm.

The father, who did not live with the mother, had custody of A.M. On 26 October 2001, the mother had a visit with the child for the first time in several months. The mother allegedly…