C.B. v. State Department of Children & Families

WHATLEY, Acting Chief Judge.

The parents appeal the order terminating their rights to S.N.S. The father’s arguments are without merit because he executed a surrender of his rights to the child. The order must be reversed as to the mother, however, because the record contains no evidence that she was served with notice of the arraignment hearing at which a default adjudication of dependency was entered against her.

In addition to extensive findings regarding the best interest of the child, the trial court found “that the mother has abandoned her child by failing to abide by the case plan tasks…