
    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.
   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.  