GAINES v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 97-1532.

711 So.2d 190 (1998)

Roshonda Keys GAINES, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ava Tunstall and Pauline McIntyre of McIntyre & Tunstall, P.A., Maitland, for Appellant

Alita S. Chappell and James A. Sawyer, District Legal Counsel of Department of Children & Families, Orlando, for Appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

Roshonda Keys Gaines appeals an order terminating her parental rights to her boys, T.K., W.K. and L.K.1 We agree that the trial court properly terminated the parental rights as to the older boys, T.K. and W.K. The Department of Children and Families ("DCFS") proved by clear and convincing evidence that Roshonda Gaines had physically abused T.K. and W.K., and had failed to substantially comply with a performance plan entered...

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