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M.E. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 1D07-0008.

959 So.2d 1279 (2007)

Father, M.E., of S.E.E., a child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carole A. Vogel, St. Augustine, and James Pratt O'Conner, Fernandina Beach, for Appellant.

David F. Elder and Michael A. Tupper of Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville; Susan W. Fox of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tampa, and Wendy S. Loquasto of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee; Ann Hendricks, Department of Children and Families, Fernandina Beach; Ross Germano, Fernandina Beach; and Annette Lizardo, Guardian Ad Litem Office, Orlando, for Appellee.

VAN NORTWICK, J.

M.E. appeals a final order terminating his parental rights. The Department of Children and Families (DCF) correctly concedes that the record evidence is insufficient to support termination of M.E.'s parental rights on the basis of voluntary abandonment. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

S.E.E. was born in prison on September 28, 2005. M.E.'s paternity of the child was not determined until approximately...

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