R.S. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D12-4021.

106 So.3d 981 (2013)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Thomas Truskoski , Special Assistant Regional Counsel, Stephen Teaster , Assistant Regional Counsel, and Jeffrey Deen , Office of the Criminal and Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant.

Deborah A. Schroth , Department of Children & Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Wendie Michelle Cooper , Guardian ad Litem Office, Tavares.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, R.S. ["R.S."], appeals the order of adjudication, finding his child, A.R.S., dependent and entering a case plan with a goal of permanent guardianship. A.R.S. was sheltered after R.S. was arrested for multiple drug offenses, his third in two years. The mother is deceased. The Department of Children and Families ["DCF"] subsequently filed a dependency petition that alleged that R.S. engaged in chronic substance abuse and that he was currently...

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