
    S.W., Mother of F.W., Minor Child, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.
    No. 1D11-4985.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    March 20, 2012.
    
      Crystal McBee Frusciante, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Region One, Jupiter; Melissa Walker, Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Milton; Susan Barber, Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
    Ward L. Metzger, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appel-lee.
    Kelley Schaeffer, Guardian ad Litem Program, Tavares.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

THOMAS and SWANSON, JJ., concur.

BENTON, C.J., dissents with opinion.

BENTON, C.J.,

dissenting.

I would dismiss the appeal in this dependency case as moot inasmuch as the only child declared dependent below died on September 21, 2011.  