Father v. Dept. of Children and Fam

Full title: D.B., Father of D.F., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Oct 20, 2006

940 So. 2d 516 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

Opinion

No. 5D06-1676.

October 20, 2006.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, James C. Hauser, Judge.

Ryan Thomas Truskoski, of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Charles D. Peters, Orlando, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See MM. v. Deft of Children Families, 931 So.2d 280 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006); K.B. v. Deft of Children Families, 834 So.2d 368, 369 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003) (observing "the `least restrictive means' test . . . is not intended to preserve the parental bonds at the cost of a child's future. . . . The `least restrictive means' test simply requires that measures short of termination be utilized if such measures would permit the safe reestablishment of the parent-child bond").

THOMPSON, PALMER, and TORPY, JJ., concur.