DEPT. OF CHILDREN v. A.R. AND R.L.

Nos. 3D17-2003 & 3D17-1942.

253 So.3d 1158 (2018)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and the Guardian Ad Litem Program o/b/o P.R., child, Appellants, v. A.R. and R.L., parents, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed August 3, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karla Perkins , and Sarah J. Rumph (Tallahassee), Department of Children and Families; Laura J. Lee (Sanford), Guardian ad Litem Program; Robert Latham , UM Children & Youth Law Clinic, and Robert Latham, for appellants.

Thomas Butler, P.A., and Thomas J. Butler , Miami Beach; Kevin Coyle Colbert ; Ilene F. Tuckfield, P.A., and Ilene F. Tuckfield , Miami, for appellees.

Before ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SALTER, and LINDSEY, JJ.


The Florida Department of Children and Family Services ("DCF") and the Guardian ad Litem Program (the "GAL") appeal a final judgment dismissing the petition for termination of parental rights of the mother, denying the petition for termination of parental rights of the father, and adjudicating the child dependent as to the father only...

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