IN INTEREST OF K.A.F.

No. 81-1354.

442 So.2d 365 (1983)

In the Interest of K.A.F., a Child. Marie FAATZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Valerino, Orlando, for appellant.

Douglas E. Whitney and Samuel Patterson Stafford, Orlando, for appellee.


COBB, Judge.

This is an appeal by the mother, Marie Faatz, from an order permanently committing her child, K.A.F., to the custody of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services for adoption pursuant to section 39.41(1)(f), Florida Statutes (1981).1 The sole issue on appeal is whether the circuit court erred in severing the rights of the mother based on a finding of "abandonment" as that term is defined in section 39.01(1), Florida...

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