Case Name: W.N., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-04-30
Citations: 843 So. 2d 983
Docket Number: No. 4D02-2952
Parties: W.N., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Judges: HAZOURI and MAY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 843
Pages: 983–983

Head Matter:
W.N., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
No. 4D02-2952.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 30, 2003.
Barbara D. Stull, Port St. Lucie, for appellant.
Crystal Y. Yates-Hammond, Fort Peirce, for appellee.

Opinion:
FARMER, J.
We affirm the final order of termination only as to the older children born before 1999. Owing to several procedural irregularities, as well as the failure of the evidence to support the grounds for terminating the mother's parental rights as to the youngest child, however, we partially reverse the final order. On remand, the trial court shall require the Department to offer the mother a case plan for the youngest child, as well as appropriate services in connection therewith. Meanwhile the court shall stay further proceedings on the Department's petition to terminate her parental rights as to the youngest child, pending a reasonable opportunity for the mother to perform her obligations under such case plan.
REVERSED.
HAZOURI and MAY, JJ., concur.