JULIO C. FAJARDO, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• In the Interest of T.B. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 819 So. 2d 270 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)
  …ts under this provision for failure to substantially comply with the [*272] requirements of his case plan. This section only applies when a parent has been provided with a case plan with a goal of reunification. J.R. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 787 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). We also note that T.B. was never declared dependent as to J.T., which is also a prerequisite to termination under this provision. M.A. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 814 So. 2d 1244 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002). Further, because J.T. ha…
• Sinclair v. Sinclair, 804 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)
  …residential responsibility for them; in the absence of circumstances involving abuse or neglect, parents are free to entrust the care of their children’ to others without interference from the state. See Z.J.S. v. Dep’t of Children & Family Servs., 787 So. 2d 875, 879 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2001) (Northcutt, J., concurring). It should also be noted that Mr. Sinclair’s incarceration did not automatically terminate his parental rights and responsibilities, or even alter the parties’ legal relationships. As accurately c…
• I.B. and D.B. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 876 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)
  …ted to adopt and had cared for the past sixteen months. The foster parents would directly gain or lose by the court’s rulings. Thus the foster parents have sufficient interest to warrant intervention in the litigation. See In the Interest of Z.J.S., 787 So. 2d 875 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001); In the Interest of C.G., 612 So. 2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). Even if the foster parents were not properly intervenors in these proceedings, they were already “participants” under Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.210(b) since…

Authorities Cited

• Ortega v. State, 763 So. 2d 567 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)