A.E. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 1D21-0388.

327 So.3d 960 (2021)

A.E., Mother of G.E-M., S.E-M. and S.E-M., Minor Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Coyle Colbert , Miami, for Appellant.

Sarah J. Rumph of Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Kristie L. Hatcher-Bolin of Gray Robinson, P.A., Lakeland; and Thomasina F. Moore , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb , Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem o/b/o G.E-M., S.E-M., S.E-M.


A.E. appeals the trial court's final judgment terminating her rights as to three of her children based on abandonment. We affirm.

Under our "highly deferential" standard, S.C. v. Dep't of Children & Families, 311 So.3d 971, 972 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020), the trial judge did not err. A.E.'s admitted failures to maintain a significant...

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