M.F. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 1D08-1475.

992 So.2d 410 (2008)

M.F. Mother of L.F., a Minor Child, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Cogdill, Fleming Island, Florida, for Appellant.

M. Paul Sanders, Starke, Florida, for Appellee.


BROWNING, C.J.

M.F. (Appellant), who is the mother of a very young child, L.F., appeals an order granting the amended petition of the Florida Department of Children & Families (Appellee) to terminate Appellant's parental rights based on findings that Appellant consented by failing to appear and/or "abandoned" the child, as that term is defined in sections 39.806(1)(b) & 39.01(1), Florida Statutes. (2007); and that the manifest best interest of the child called...

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