J.K. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN

No. 5D04-4148.

925 So.2d 1138 (2006)

J.K., Father of D.R., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Thomas Truskoski of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Charles D. Peters, Orlando, for Appellee.


TORPY, J.

Appellant's parental rights were terminated as to his child, D.R., based on abandonment. We reverse.

Appellant, while living in Georgia, met and dated D.R.'s mother, T.K., for a short period of time before he moved to Florida. Unbeknownst to Appellant, he had impregnated T.K., who gave birth to D.R. in October 1999. Because T.K. believed that another man, R.M., was D.R.'s biological father, she did not inform Appellant of her pregnancy or the child...

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