M.D. v. STATE, DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

No. 4D15-3858.

187 So.3d 1275 (2016)

M.D., the Father, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine L. Corrigan of KLC Law, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carolyn Schwarz , Assistant Attorney General, Children's Legal Services, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Kelley Schaeffer , Sanford, for Guardian Ad Litem Program.


M.D. ("the Father") timely appeals a final judgment terminating his parental rights as to his four-year-old daughter based on a finding that he abandoned her. Because competent, substantial evidence supports the trial court's judgment, we affirm.

The child has been sheltered on and off her entire life, the first time just a...

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