B.F. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D17-2986.

237 So.3d 390 (2018)

B.F., the Father, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 31, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew A. Holness of the Law Offices of Andrew A. Holness, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Meredith K. Hall , Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for appellee.

Heather Sayfie , Pro Bono, Hallandale Beach, and David P. Krupski , Sanford, for Guardian Ad Litem Program.


B.F. ("the father") appeals an order terminating his parental rights and raises several arguments. We affirm the majority of the order, but we recognize that, as the father argues, the trial court erred in terminating his parental rights on the ground of abandonment where the Department of Children and Families ("the Department") failed to...

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