DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY v. M.J.

No. 4D04-1815.

889 So.2d 986 (2004)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellant, v. M.J., the father, and K.J., the mother, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crystal Y. Yates-Hammond, Fort Pierce, for appellant.

T. Charles Shafer, Fort Pierce, for appellee K.J., the mother.


KLEIN, J.

The trial court found that the Department proved by clear and convincing evidence that the father's sexual deviancy places the four children in this case at extreme risk and constitutes egregious conduct. The court further found that the Department proved that the mother, who refuses to live apart from the father, has failed to protect her children from him. Nevertheless, the court denied termination of parental rights because some of the children opposed...

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