DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. T.H. & C.H.

Case No. 1D15-4198.

309 So.3d 686 (2016)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellants, v. T.H. & C.H., Paternal Grandparents of J.R., a Minor Child, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Opinion filed March 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Moore , Thomasina Moore , and Wendie Michelle Cooper , Sanford, for Appellant Guardian Ad Litem Program; Dwight O. Slater , Appellate Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellant Department of Children and Families.

No appearance for Appellees.


We affirm the dependency court's order placing J.R. with Appellees for adoption pursuant to section 63.082(6), Florida Statutes (2015), because we find no error in the court's interpretation and application of the statute under the circumstances of this case. Additionally, for what it's worth, we note that many of the policy concerns with the...

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