DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. J.S.

No. 4D15-2272.

183 So.3d 1177 (2016)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellants, v. J.S., the Father, and S.I., the Mother, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 13, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemarie Farrell , Orlando, for appellant Department of Children and Families.

Laura E. Lawson , Sanford, for appellant Statewide Guardian Ad Litem.

T. Charles Shafer , Fort Pierce, for appellee J.S., the Father.

Ryan Thomas Truskoski , Orlando, for appellee S.I., the Mother.


The Department of Children and Families and the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Program appeal from the circuit court's final judgment denying the Department's petition for termination of both parents' parental rights. Regarding the father, the appellants argue the court erred in two respects: (1) finding that the father's incarceration period...

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