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M.A.F. v. E.J.S.

No. 5D04-4130.

917 So.2d 236 (2005)

M.A.F., Father of D.P.F. and M.R.F., Children, Appellant, v. E.J.S., Stepfather of D.P.F. and M.R.F., etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Rae Giacoletto and Linda L. Gaustad of The Law Office of Linda L. Gaustad, P.A., Orange City, for Appellant.

E.J.S., Stepfather of D.P.F. and M.R.F., Enterprise, in proper person.

TORPY, J.

In this pending adoption proceeding initiated by E.J.S. ("Stepfather"), M.A.F. ("Father") challenges an order terminating his parental rights and excusing his consent to the adoption of his minor children, based on a finding of abandonment. We affirm.

Stepfather and the mother of the minor children ("Mother") were married on April 21, 2001. At some point before Christmas of 2002, they requested that Father sign a waiver so that Stepfather could adopt...

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