Case Name: Theresa Gordon GRIER, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-06-17
Citations: 710 So. 2d 1384
Docket Number: No. 97-2205
Parties: Theresa Gordon GRIER, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 710
Pages: 1384–1384

Head Matter:
Theresa Gordon GRIER, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.
No. 97-2205.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 17, 1998.
Greer Davis Wallace, Miami, for appellant.
Robin Greene, Miami, for appellee.
Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon our inspection of the record and the department's confession, we agree that the sworn statement as a condition precedent to notice by publication as required by section 49.031(1), Florida Statutes, was not filed until after the date of first publication. The final judgment terminating the parental rights of Theresa Gordon Grier is reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings.
Reversed and Remanded.