L.C. v. E.O.
Docket Number | 5D23-1373 |
Decision Date | 31 October 2023 |
Parties | L.C., Father of J.C.C.O., a child, Appellant, v. E.O., Mother of J.C.C.O., a child, Appellee. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Clay County. LT Case No 2022-DP-000067, Angela Cox, Judge.
Michael Tupper, of Tupper Law, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant.
Dayna Maeder, of Shannin Law Firm, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.
Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Tallahassee, for Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office.
Sarah J. Rumph, Tallahassee, for Children's Legal Services.
AFFIRMED. See C.D. v. Fla. Dep't of Child. &Fams., 164 So.3d 40, 42 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (holding that "[i]n termination of
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parental rights (TPR) cases, the standard of review is highly deferential" and that "[w]here the trial court's findings that the evidence is clear and convincing are supported by competent substantial evidence and the appellate court cannot say that no one could reasonably find such evidence to be clear and convincing, the finding will not be set aside on appellate review" (citation omitted)), disapproved on other grounds by S.M v. Fla. Dep't of Child. &Fams., 202 So.3d 769 772-73 (Fla. 2016); V.S. v. Dept of Child. &Fams., 322 So.3d 1153, 1160 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021) ; Fitzpatrick v. State, 900 So.2d 495, 508 (Fla. 2005) , abrogated in part on other grounds by Alahad v. State, 362 So.3d 190, 198 (Fla. 2023); In Int. of X.W., 255 So.3d 882, 890 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018) ( ); § 39.806(1)(m), Fla. Stat. (2022) ().
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