A.E., MOTHER OF G.E-M., S.E-M. AND S.E-M., MINOR CHILDREN
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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PER CURIAM.
A.E. appeals the trial court’s final judgment terminating her rights as to three of her children based on abandonment. We affirm. Under our “highly deferential” standard, S.C. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 311 So. 3d 971, 972 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020), the trial judge did not err. A.E.’s admitted failures to maintain a significant relationship with her children both in and out of incarceration, even “considered in light of the limited opportunities to assume those duties” while incarcerated, B.F. v. Dep’t. of Children & Families, 237 So. 3d 390, 393 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018),
support the trial judge’s findings on both abandonment and the manifest best interests of the children. AFFIRMED. LEWIS, NORDBY, and LONG, JJ., concur. _____________________________
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C.F. v. Dep't of Child. & Families (Fla. 1st DCA 2022)…convincing evidence standard.” Id. at 982–83 (citation omitted). In short, our review of a final judgment terminating parental rights is “highly deferential.” Id. at 983 (quoting N.L., 843 So. 2d at 999); accord S.C. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 311 So. 3d 971, 972 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020) (citation omitted) (“Our standard of review in termination of parental rights cases is highly deferential. A trial court’s ‘finding that evidence is clear and convincing enjoys a presumption of correctness and will not be ov…
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A.E. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 311 So. 3d 971 (Fla. 1st DCA 2021)…PER CURIAM. A.E. appeals the trial court’s final judgment terminating her rights as to three of her children based on abandonment. We affirm. Under our “highly deferential” standard, S.C. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 311 So. 3d 971, 972 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020), the trial judge did not err. A.E.’s admitted failures to maintain a significant relationship with her children both in and out of incarceration, even “considered in light of the limited opportunities to assume those duties…
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- B.F. v. State, 237 So. 3d 390 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018)
- A.E. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 311 So. 3d 971 (Fla. 1st DCA 2021)