Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2001

A.M. v. Department of Children & Families

A.M. v. Department of Children & Families
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 11, 2001 · Gross, Polen, Warner
789 So. 2d 494; 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 9504; 2001 WL 770006 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

A.M. v. Department of Children & Families

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the final default judgment terminating appellant’s parental rights because of her failure to appear at the final hearing. Appellant was served only twenty-four hours prior to the hearing. J.B. v. Florida Department of Children & Family Services, 768 So.2d 1060 (Fla. 2000), holds that where fundamental rights such as termination of parental rights are involved, more than twenty-four hours’ notice of a hearing where such rights could be terminated is required to satisfy procedural due process guarantees.

Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.

POLEN, C.J., WARNER, and GROSS, JJ., concur.

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