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M.M. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

No. 1D07-6527.

987 So.2d 1267 (2008)

M.M., Natural Father of L.H.K., Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 15, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Atkinson, Jr., Panama City, for Appellant.

Amy Thome and Adrienne C. Rodgers, Panama City, for Appellee.

Jennifer S. Paullin, Appellate Counsel, Guardian Ad Litem Program, Orlando.

BENTON, J.

"[T]he availability of a nonadoptive placement with a relative may not . . . be considered as a factor weighing against termination of parental rights." § 39.810(1), Fla. Stat. (2006). Since the child's mother's parental rights were terminated earlier, the "child will not be reunited with a parent, [and] adoption, under chapter 63, is the primary permanency option." § 39.621(6), Fla. Stat. (2006). As the Department of Children and Family Services...

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