E.V. v. DHRS

No. 92-462.

615 So.2d 251 (1993)

E.V., SR., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.V., in pro. per.

Julie Waldman, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, for appellee.

Before BASKIN, COPE and LEVY, JJ.


LEVY, Judge.

This case involves the issue of whether an imprisoned parent who refused to sign papers to have a child placed in the care of a responsible adult because he legitimately questioned his paternity, can be found to have abandoned the child under Section 415.503(9)(d), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1990), and thus be placed on the child abuse registry list.

Appellant, E.V., is the legal father of a male child, A.L.M. Both the appellant and A.L.M.'s mother...

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