Case ID: so2d_848/html/0431-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

S.M., mother of M.M. and I.M., children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.
    No. 1D02-4616.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    July 2, 2003.
    Connie Renee Clay, Esquire, Jacksonville, for Appellant.
    M. Paul Sanders, Assistant General Counsel, Jacksonville, for Appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

The Department did not meet its statutory duties in this case because it did not make “reasonable efforts” to reunite the mother and her children, as required by section 39.806(l)(e), Florida Statutes (2002). For this reason, we reverse the order terminating the mother’s parental rights.

WOLF, C.J., and ERVIN, J., concur; BENTON, J., dissents.