A.B.E. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Nos. 4D10-2140, 4D10-2141.

47 So.3d 347 (2010)

A.B.E., the Mother and M.D., the Father, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Massa , Regional Counsel, and Andrea H. Duenas , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Jeffrey Dana Gillen , West Palm Beach, for appellee Department of Children and Families.

Kelley Schaeffer , Tavares, for appellee Guardian Ad Litem Program.


WARNER, J.

A mother and father appeal the trial court's order terminating their parental rights to their child. The mother argues that the Department of Children and Families failed to prove any ground for termination and further failed to establish that the provision of additional services to the mother would be futile. The father complains that the court erred in finding that the termination of his rights was the least restrictive means to protect the child when...

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