E.P., Mother of S.P., a Child v. Florida Department of Children and Families

District Court of Appeal of Florida

E.P., Mother of S.P., a Child v. Florida Department of Children and Families

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida

DecidedJune 21, 2019

Docket19-0435

StatusPublished

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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D19-435 _____________________________

E.P., Mother of S.P., a Child,

Appellant,

v.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. David Gooding, Judge.

June 21, 2019

PER CURIAM.

E.P. appeals the final judgment that terminated her parental rights to S.P., raising five arguments, including challenges to each of the three separate grounds found to justify termination. As E.P. argues and Appellee concedes, the trial court erred in finding grounds for termination pursuant to section 39.806(1)(l), Florida Statutes, because children were only removed from E.P.’s care on two occasions, whereas the statute requires removal on at least three occasions. E.P. has not shown any further reversible error, and the trial court properly terminated her rights under sections 39.806(1)(c) and 39.806(1)(f). Therefore, we affirm the termination of E.P.’s parental rights under sections 39.806(1)(c) and 39.806(1)(f), but reverse the portion of the order finding grounds for termination under section 39.806(1)(l) and remand for this ground to be stricken from the order. See A.B. ex rel. J.B. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 969 So. 2d 422, 422 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007).

AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.

RAY, KELSEY, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Candice K. Brower, General Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Region One, Gainesville; Robert Keep, Jr., Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Jacksonville; Crystal McBee Frusciante of Frusciante Law Firm, P.A., Sunrise, for Appellant.

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

Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Sara Goldfarb, Appellate Counsel, Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee and Stephanie Marusak Marchman, Gray Robinson, P.A., Pro Bono Counsel, Gainesville, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D19-435 _____________________________

E.P., Mother of S.P., a Child,

Appellant,

v.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. David Gooding, Judge.

June 21, 2019

PER CURIAM.

E.P. appeals the final judgment that terminated her parental rights to S.P., raising five arguments, including challenges to each of the three separate grounds found to justify termination. As E.P. argues and Appellee concedes, the trial court erred in finding grounds for termination pursuant to section 39.806(1)(l), Florida Statutes, because children were only removed from E.P.’s care on two occasions, whereas the statute requires removal on at least three occasions. E.P. has not shown any further reversible error, and the trial court properly terminated her rights under sections 39.806(1)(c) and 39.806(1)(f). Therefore, we affirm the termination of E.P.’s parental rights under sections 39.806(1)(c) and 39.806(1)(f), but reverse the portion of the order finding grounds for termination under section 39.806(1)(l) and remand for this ground to be stricken from the order. See A.B. ex rel. J.B. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 969 So. 2d 422, 422 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007).

AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.

RAY, KELSEY, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.

_____________________________

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Candice K. Brower, General Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Region One, Gainesville; Robert Keep, Jr., Assistant Regional Conflict Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Jacksonville; Crystal McBee Frusciante of Frusciante Law Firm, P.A., Sunrise, for Appellant.

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

Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Sara Goldfarb, Appellate Counsel, Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee and Stephanie Marusak Marchman, Gray Robinson, P.A., Pro Bono Counsel, Gainesville, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

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