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GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM v. DCF

No. 5D06-1764.

936 So.2d 1183 (2006)

GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Wade Young, Orlando, for Petitioner, Guardian Ad Litem Program.

Jerri A. Blair, Tavares, for Petitioners, M.U. and O.U.

Ralph J. McMurphy, Wildwood, for Respondent.

MONACO, J.

This is yet another difficult case growing out of the desire of foster parents to adopt a child formerly under their care in the face of a recommendation by the Department of Children and Families for a different placement.1 The trial court agreed with DCF, and placed the child, M.Z., along with her two half-siblings with the paternal grandparent of the half-siblings.

We affirm for several reasons, perhaps most importantly...

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