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D.G. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D11-2374.

80 So.3d 1063 (2012)

D.G., Father of L.G. and M.G., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 14, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Deen , Regional Counsel, Casselberry, and Mark A. Skipper , Office of the Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Fifth District, Orlando, for Appellant.

Jeffrey Dana Gillen , Chief Appellate Counsel, Children's Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, West Palm Beach, for Appellee.

Wendie Michelle Cooper , Tavares, for Guardian ad Litem.

COHEN, J.

D.G. ("Father") and R.L. ("Mother") lived together for approximately ten years. Three children were born of the relationship: L.G., M.G., and a third child whose death at a very young age led to the initiation of these proceedings. The Department of Children and Family Services ("DCF") had a report pending when the infant died. The report concerned Mother's substance abuse and the birth of the baby girl with drugs in her system. Upon the infant's death,...

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