Department of Children & Families v. K.H.
This text of 937 So. 2d 807 (Department of Children & Families v. K.H.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering District Court of Appeal of Florida primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
In this dependency action, Appellant challenges the lower court’s summary dismissal of the petition prior to the conclusion of the adjudicatory hearing. We reverse.
During an adjudicatory hearing on Appellant’s petition for dependency, the trial court, sua sponte, summarily dismissed the petition after Appellant’s first witness had testified but before Appellant had concluded presenting evidence in support of the petition. In so doing, the lower court violated Appellant’s right to due process. Therefore, the order is reversed and this matter is remanded with instructions that the court conduct a new hearing on Appellant’s petition.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
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