IN INTEREST OF, T.C.

No. 81-1469.

417 So.2d 775 (1982)

In the Interest of, T.C., a child.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph Ferguson, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Gerald B. Curington and James A. Peters and William Hall, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Dean C. Kowalchyk, Certified Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ. and PEARSON, TILLMAN (Ret.), Associate Judge.


NESBITT, Judge.

The natural mother appeals an order permanently committing her daughter to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) for purposes of adoption.

The mother contends that the evidence as to the grounds warranting a permanent commitment order; to wit: (a) abandonment; (b) neglect; or (c) abuse, as those terms are defined in Section 39.01, Florida Statutes (1979), was not sufficient, under the clear and convincing standard, to support...

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