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R.A. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D09-2687.

30 So.3d 722 (2010)

R.A., Father of J.A., A Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie J. Bell, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Jeffrey D. Gillen, Statewide Appeals Director, Department of Children and Families, West Palm Beach, for Appellee.

Annette M. Lizardo, Tavares, for Guardian Ad Litem.

ORFINGER, J.

The father, R.A., appeals the trial court's order terminating his parental rights to his child, J.A. Because the father was making a determined effort to rehabilitate himself and there was no evidence that termination of parental rights was the least restrictive means of protecting the child, we reverse the termination order and remand for reinstatement of the father's case plan.

J.A. was born on October...

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