A.D. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D15-1794.

200 So.3d 90 (2015)

A.D., Jr., Father of M.D., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. D'Amico , Ormond Beach, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger , Appellate Counsel, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Thomas Wade Young , of Thomas Wade Young, P.L., Orlando, Guardian ad Litem Program.


A.D. appeals the termination of his parental rights to his child, M.D.1 The Department of Children and Families ("the Department") concedes that the record does not support a finding that A.D. abandoned the child. Abandonment, under section 39.01, Florida Statutes, is defined in pertinent part as follows:<...

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