R.V. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Case No. 5D20-162.

301 So.3d 392 (2020)

R.V., Mother of E.V., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed March 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valarie Linnen , Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Kelley Schaeffer , Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee, Department of Children and Families.

Thomasina F. Moore , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Joanna Summers Brunell , Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem Program.


R.V. ("Mother") appeals the final judgment terminating her parental rights to E.V. Mother's sole argument on appeal is that the evidence was insufficient to establish abandonment pursuant to section 39.806(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2019). While we agree with Mother on that point, abandonment was just one of the five statutory grounds underlying...

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