L.A.G. v. Department of Children & Family Services

L.A.G. appeals the order terminating her parental rights to her three oldest children, M.M., A.M. and Ja.M., and adjudicating her youngest child, Ju.M., dependent. We reverse.

The Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) took custody of L.A.G.’s three oldest children in 2003 due to their parents’ drug abuse. L.A.G. and the father eventually entered residential drug treatment where the mother gave birth to her fourth child, Ju.M. L.A.G. successfully completed the drug program but the father relapsed into drug use. DCF moved to terminate both parents’ rights after L.A.G. allegedly had…