TIMOTHY L. JOHNSON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• N.S. and D.R. v. The Dep't OF Child. & Families & The Guardian Ad Litem Program, 36 So. 3d 776 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010)
  …if appropriate, at such time as it is evident termination of N.S.’ rights is the least restrictive alternative available to protect the life, safety and health of these children. See § 39.811, Fla. Stat. (2009); J.J. v. Dept. of Children & Families, 886 So. 2d 1046, 1048 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). In so doing, the Department should be reminded that the elements of the “least restrictive means” test, requiring a showing that termination of parental rights is the least restrictive means of protecting the child from s…
• J.S. v. Fla. Dep't OF Child. & Families, 18 So. 3d 1170 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009)
  …of the case plan have not been sufficiently remedied. See A.W. ex rel B.W. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 969 So. 2d 496, 497 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (distinguishing between technical and substantial compliance); J.J. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 886 So. 2d 1046, 1048-49 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (observing that “although the parents completed many of their tasks, such completion does not equate to substantial compliance”). Here, the trial court found that the father had not failed to substantially comply with t…
• K.J. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., 906 So. 2d 1183 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
  …ights constitute a fundamental liberty interest, the state must establish in each termination of parental rights case that termination is the least restrictive means of protecting the child from serious harm); J.J. v. Dep’t of Children and Families, 886 So. 2d 1046 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (stating that in addition to finding that a statutory ground for termination has been established, the court must also find that clear and convincing evidence proved that termi [*1187] nation is in the manifest best interest of t…

Authorities Cited

• Franklin v. State, 887 So. 2d 1063 (Fla. 2004)