Case Name: Bernard BEMBRY and Mary Bembry, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-15
Citations: 716 So. 2d 806
Docket Number: No. 97-1526
Parties: Bernard BEMBRY and Mary Bembry, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 716
Pages: 806–806

Head Matter:
Bernard BEMBRY and Mary Bembry, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.
No. 97-1526.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 15, 1998.
Mare Anthony Douthit, Miami, for appellants.
Robin H. Greene, Miami, for appellee.
Before COPE, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
Corrected Opinion
PER CURIAM.
Upon consideration of the motion for rehearing filed by the Department of Children and Family Sendees, the court withdraws the opinion dated June 10, 1998, and substitutes the following opinion:
This is an appeal of a final order in a dependency proceeding by Bernard and Mary Bembry, paternal grandparents of the minor child. The order changed the goal of the case plan, confirmed placement of the minor child with the maternal grandmother, terminated dependency supervision, and terminated all visitation rights of the appellant grandparents. The Department of Children and Family Services confesses error in that there was no written motion giving proper notice of the proceedings to the appellant grandparents, nor were they afforded an opportunity to be heard in the trial court proceedings. Accordingly, the order under review is reversed and the cause remanded for a new hearing after proper notice.
The appellant grandparents also point out that appointed counsel had withdrawn and that no substitute counsel had been appointed at the time of the hearing below. The question of appointment of counsel for further proceedings should be raised in the trial court on remand.
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.