T.M. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Nos. 4D07-1938, 4D07-1939.

971 So.2d 274 (2008)

T.M.; and L.A., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Pickett, West Palm Beach, for appellant father.

John Brewer, Lake Worth, for appellant mother.

Jeffrey Dana Gillen, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


CORRECTED OPINION

FARMER, J.

In this termination of parental rights appeal, the mother argues that her continued association with the child's violent father should not legally support a finding of a reasonable risk that the baby will be harmed again. She argues that the tenor of the trial judge's order terminating her rights is to punish her for continuing to associate with him, and for her lack of candor on the subject. She points out that she had...

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