L.P. v. Dep't of Children & Families

Full title: L.P., Father of L.P. and K.P., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Date published: Oct 15, 2014

148 So. 3d 832 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

Opinion

No. 5D14–2549.

10-15-2014

L.P., Father of L.P. and K.P., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

Jeffrey Deen, Appellate Counsel, and Ryan Thomas Truskoski, Special Assistant Regional Counsel, of Office of the Criminal and Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant. Ward L. Metzger, of Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee. Wendie Michelle Cooper, of Guardian ad Litem Program, Tavares, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Jeffrey Deen, Appellate Counsel, and Ryan Thomas Truskoski, Special Assistant Regional Counsel, of Office of the Criminal and Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger, of Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Wendie Michelle Cooper, of Guardian ad Litem Program, Tavares, for Guardian ad Litem.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See M.A. v. Dep't of Children & Families, 814 So.2d 1244, 1244 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) (finding “the trial court could not terminate the father's parental rights under section 39.806(1)(e), Florida Statutes, because the children were not adjudicated dependent ‘as to him,’ ” but “nonetheless affirm[ing] the trial court's order of termination because parental rights may be terminated without a finding of dependency when abandonment is proven pursuant to the requisites of section 39.806(1)(b) ”).

SAWAYA, BERGER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.