In Interest of J.T

Full title: In the Interest of J.T., a child. C.T., mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jan 14, 2004

870 So. 2d 148 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

Opinion

Case No. 2D03-2564.

Opinion filed January 14, 2004.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, Frank A. Gomez, Judge.

Tiffany Kendal Koogler, Valrico, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tanya E. DiFilippo, Assistant Attorney General, for Appellee.

ALTENBERND, Chief Judge.

This is another case in which an order adjudicating a child dependent was entered based upon a "default." The Department of Children and Family Services concedes error. For the same reasons that we reversed in K.K. v. Department of Children Families, No. 2D02-5342, 2003 WL 2290981 (Fla. 2d DCA Dec. 19, 2003), T.E.D. v. Department of Children Families, No. 2D03-2638, 2003 WL 22795083 (Fla. 2d DCA Nov. 26, 2003),S.B. v. Department of Children Family Services, 858 So.2d 1184 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), and G.A. v. Department of Children Family Services, 857 So.2d 310 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003), we reverse in this case. This opinion does not require the trial court to alter custody or current visitation rights, but the trial court must review these issues and make a lawful decision as soon as possible following issuance of our mandate.

Reversed and remanded.

WHATLEY and CANADY, JJ., Concur.