S.W. v. Fla. Dep't of Children & Families

Full title: S.W., Mother of F.W., Minor Child, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Date published: Mar 20, 2012

84 So. 3d 1094 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 1D11–4985.

03-20-2012

S.W., Mother of F.W., Minor Child, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

Crystal McBee Frusciante, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Region One, Jupiter; Melissa Walker, Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Milton; Susan Barber, Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ward L. Metzger, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee. Kelley Schaeffer, Guardian ad Litem Program, Tavares.

PER CURIAM.

Crystal McBee Frusciante, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Region One, Jupiter; Melissa Walker, Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Milton; Susan Barber, Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Kelley Schaeffer, Guardian ad Litem Program, Tavares.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

THOMAS and SWANSON, JJ., concur.

BENTON, C.J., dissents with opinion.

I would dismiss the appeal in this dependency case as moot inasmuch as the only child declared dependent below died on September 21, 2011.