D.S. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D14-3144.

164 So.3d 29 (2015)

D.S., the Father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony P. Ryan , Regional Counsel, and Paulina Forrest , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

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

Patricia Murphy Propheter , Sanford, for appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


D.S., an incarcerated parent, appeals the termination of his parental rights as to his three children. The trial court terminated his rights based upon his incarceration. Because we conclude that competent substantial evidence does not support the termination as to two of the children, nor is termination in the children's manifest best...

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