IN RE L.L-R.

No. 2D08-2554.

9 So.3d 707 (2009)

In the Interest of L.L-R., a child. J.R., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda A. Lorrier of Linda A. Lorrier, P.A., Bradenton, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Christopher Perone, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Jennifer S. Paullin of Guardian ad Litem Program, Orlando, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


NORTHCUTT, Chief Judge.

J.R., the father of L.L-R., challenges the order terminating his parental rights.1 The circuit court determined that he had abandoned the child. § 39.806(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2006). The Department of Children and Family Services concedes that the evidence did not support the court's ruling. We agree and reverse.

L.L-R. was removed from her mother's custody in January 2007. The department filed a petition...

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