DEP'T OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. A.S.

No. 1D20-795.

301 So.3d 482 (2020)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellants, v. A.S., the Mother of J.W., Jr., J.M.H., K.A.P., & S.R.P.; B.R.H., the Father of J.M.H.; and K.P., the Father of K.A.P. & S.R.P., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah J. Rumph , Appellate Counsel, Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, for Appellant Department of Children and Families; Thomasina Moore , Statewide Director, and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb , Senior Attorney, Guardian ad Litem Program, Tallahassee, for Appellant Guardian ad Litem Program.

David Maldonado of the Maldonado Law Firm, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellee A.S.; Crystal McBee Frusciante and Anne Marie Perine , Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Region One, Tallahassee, for Appellee B.R.H.; Kari Jorma Myllynen , Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee K.P.


The Florida Department of Children and Families and the Guardian Ad Litem program appeal a final judgment denying a petition to terminate parental rights as to the parents of four children (one mother and three fathers, one deceased). We affirm.

Facts.

The record supports the trial court's findings of the following facts....

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