Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. N.T.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) appeals an order dismissing its petition to terminate the ap-pellees’ parental rights. We reverse and remand the case to the trial court for consideration of the merits of the termination petition.

HRS filed a dependency petition alleging that the parents failed to protect the children or provide adequate supervision, food, cloth-*1148mg and medical treatment. The parents stipulated to dependency, but denied the allegations in the petition. In a consolidated order of adjudieation/disposition, the trial court noted that the parents were…