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

Full title: P.N., the Father, Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families, et…

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Third District

Date published: May 29, 2024

No. 3D24-0177 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. May. 29, 2024)

Opinion

3D24-0177

05-29-2024

P.N., the Father, Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families, et al., Appellees.

Law Offices of Roger Ally, P.A., and Roger Ally, for appellant. Karla Perkins, for appellee Department of Children and Families; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee, Assistant Director of Appeals (Tallahassee); Christy Donovan Pemberton (Clearwater), for appellee Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Lower Tribunal No. 22-15000, Denise Martinez-Scanziani, Judge.

Law Offices of Roger Ally, P.A., and Roger Ally, for appellant.

Karla Perkins, for appellee Department of Children and Families; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee, Assistant Director of Appeals (Tallahassee); Christy Donovan Pemberton (Clearwater), for appellee Guardian ad Litem.

Before EMAS, SCALES and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See M.A. v. Dep't of Child. &Fams., 814 So.2d 1244, 124546 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) (affirming termination without a case plan where competent substantial evidence supported trial court's finding of abandonment, explaining that "[s]ection 39.806(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2001), allows TPR based on abandonment, as defined in s. 39.01(1)").