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G.H. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 1D13-5334.

145 So.3d 884 (2014)

G.H., Sr., father of P.G.H., a minor child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda C. Clark , Tampa, for Appellant.

Dwight O. Slater , Children's Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Leslie Powell and Kari Crawford , Conflict Guardians ad Litem, Legal Services of North Florida, Pensacola, for Appellee.

VAN NORTWICK, J.

G.H., Sr., the natural father of P.G.H., challenges the termination of his parental rights over this child. We reverse because the Department failed to establish that termination was the least restrictive means of protecting the child.

The child P.G.H. was sexually abused by her older brother in 2011, and the brother, who was adjudicated delinquent, was removed from the family home. Appellant was not living in the family home at the time of...

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