A.J. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D12-463.

97 So.3d 985 (2012)

A.J., the Father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Kaplan , Miami, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carolyn Schwarz , Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Department of Children and Families.

Hillary S. Kambour , Tavares, for appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


PER CURIAM.

The father, A.J., appeals the order terminating his rights to parent five children, three girls and two boys, based on allegations that he and his second wife, the children's stepmother, abused two of the daughters by digitally penetrating the daughters to check for sexual activity. Because there was sufficient evidence of sexual abuse as defined by section 39.01, Florida Statutes (2010), and evidence that, under the totality of the circumstances, all...

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