A.A. v. Department of Children & Families

A.A., the Mother/Petitioner (“Petitioner”), has filed a petition for writ of certio-rari seeking review of the trial court’s order denying her motion for modification of a permanency order' and reunification with her children. For the reasons that follow, we grant the petition and quash the order below.

In 2011 the Petitioner’s children were adjudicated dependent and, in 2012, the trial court closed the case with the entry of an order placing the children in a permanent guardianship under the care and supervision of the children’s stepfather. The terms of the permanency order permitted…