F.M. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 3D12-891.

95 So.3d 378 (2012)

F.M., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Coyle Colbert ; Karl E. Hall, Jr. , for appellant.

Karla Perkins , Appellate Counsel for the Department of Children and Families; Hillary S. Kambour , Appellate Counsel for the Guardian ad Litem Program.

Before SHEPHERD, SALTER and EMAS, JJ.


EMAS, J.

F.M. ("the father"), appeals from a final judgment terminating parental rights as to his three children, C.M., K.M., and Q.M. The three children came to the attention of the Department of Children and Families ("DCF") after it was reported that the children's stepmother had been beating the father and her three stepchildren. At the time, the biological mother lived in Louisiana. The father was given custody of the children, but when the father and the children...

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