KINGSLEY v. KINGSLEY

Nos. 92-2430, 92-2446.

623 So.2d 780 (1993)

Rachel KINGSLEY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Gregory KINGSLEY, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane E. Carey, Harry Morall, and Cecilia Norton Ford, Orlando, for appellant, cross-appellee.

Jerri A. Blair, Blair & Cooney, P.A., Tavares, for appellee, cross-appellant Gregory K.

Catherine A. Tucker, Legal Aid Soc. of Orange County Bar Ass'n, Inc., Orlando, for guardian ad litem.

George H. Russ, Sellar, Sewell, Russ & Saylor, P.A., Leesburg, for appellees, cross-appellants George R., Lizabeth R., Robert R., Amy R., Tiffany R., Bryan R., John R. and Melanie R.

James A. Sawyer, Dist. Legal Counsel, Orlando, for appellee Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

A. Matthew Miller, Hollywood, Nancy S. Palmer, Maitland, and Deborah Marks, North Miami, for amicus curiae The Family Law Section of FL Bar.

Lewis Pitts and Gayle Korotkin, Southern Justice Institute, Durham, NC, and Lou Tally, Mt. Dora, for amici curiae Nat. Child Rights Alliance, et al.

Christina A. Zawisza, Director, Children First, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., Miami, and Michelle Hankey of Legal Aid Soc. of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, for amici curiae Children First and Legal Aid Soc. of Palm Beach County.


DIAMANTIS, Judge.

Rachel Kingsley, the natural mother of Gregory, a minor child, appeals the trial court's final orders terminating her parental rights based upon findings of abandonment and neglect, and granting the petition for adoption filed by Gregory's foster parents, George and Elizabeth Russ.1 George Russ, on behalf of Gregory, appeals the trial court's order denying his motion for summary judgment regarding the applicable burden...

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