RATHBURN v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAM.

No. 4D02-148.

826 So.2d 521 (2002)

Patricia RATHBURN, Guardian Ad Litem, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorraine A. Smith, Fort Pierce, for appellant.

No Appearance Filed for Appellee.


MAY, J.

The guardian ad litem appeals a trial court order that denied the termination of the father's parental rights. No other party has participated in this appeal. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The child's father pled no contest to one count of sexual battery after having been arrested for molesting his two stepchildren. He was sentenced to a year of county jail, followed by two years of community control and eight years probation. He was...

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