W.L. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D15-362.

172 So.3d 562 (2015)

W.L., The Mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony P. Ryan , Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Melanie L. Casper and Paulina Forrest , Assistant Regional Counsels, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carolyn Schwarz , Assistant Attorney General, Children's Legal Services, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Patricia Murphy Propheter of the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office, Sanford, for Guardian Ad Litem Program.


W.L. (the mother) appeals the final order terminating her parental rights to her child. The mother raises three issues on appeal but in light of the trial court's failure to recite the required factual findings and conclusions of law in its written order, we decline to address the merits, and we vacate and remand.

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