STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,

v.

MICHAEL JOSEPH SIERNES, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Kingsley v. Kingsley, 623 So. 2d 780 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993)
  …o balance the child’s interest in a normal family home against the parents’ interest in raising the child. Nor does it purport to determine whether the natural parents or the foster parents would provide the better home. . In In Interest of M.R.L., 608 So. 2d 548 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992) the court denied termination based on abandonment when a mother left her child with friends for several months and her whereabouts were unknown. The mother testified that she had attempted to communicate with the child (the evide…
• T.M. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 905 So. 2d 993 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
  …mination of parental rights only if the failure is not due to HRS’ failure to [*998] make reasonable efforts to re-unify the family. See Padgett v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servs., 577 So. 2d 565 (Fla.1991); In the Interest of M.R.L., 608 So. 2d 548 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). Appellant received no assistance at all from HRS in “accessing appropriate reunification services” as required by Rule 10M-6.129(1)(a)10, Florida Administrative Code. 647 So. 2d at 1027. While the father in T.C.S. was more pro…
• In re The Interest of G.R.S. v. State, 647 So. 2d 1025 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994)
  …for termination of parental rights only if the failure is not due to HRS’ failure to make reasonable efforts to re-unify the family. See Padgett v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servs., 577 So. 2d 565 (Fla.1991); In the Interest of M.R.L., 608 So. 2d 548 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). Appellant received no assistance at all from HRS in “accessing appropriate reunification services” as required by Rule 10M-6.129(l)(a)10, Florida Administrative Code. Lastly, the trial court erred in finding that the natural fa…

Authorities Cited

• State v. Diloreto, 600 So. 2d 25 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992)
• Chambers v. State, 602 So. 2d 699 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992)