KENNETH J. BACON, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

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• J.P. v. Fla. Dep't of Child. & Families, 183 So. 3d 1198 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016)
  …in the context of termination of parental rights requires those measures short of termination be utilized if such measures will permit the safe reestablishment of the parent-child bond.” M.H., 866 So. 2d at 228; C.M. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 953 So. 2d 547 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). In this case, the trial court analyzed the least restrictive means test including the requirements imposed subsequent to Padgett, and found that the “mother’s actions and inactions, as established by the evidence, demonstrate t…
• J.G. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 22 So. 3d 774 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)
  …776] tion 39.810, and that termination was the least restrictive means of protecting the child. Our review of the record shows that the trial court’s findings are supported by competent substantial evidence. See C.M. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 953 So. 2d 547, 550 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (“A trial court’s determination that evidence is clear and convincing will not be overturned unless it may be said as a matter of law that no one could reasonably find such evidence to be clear and convincing.”). Notwithstan…
• T.C. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 961 So. 2d 1060 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …one of the statutory grounds set forth in chapter 39; (2) that termination is in the child’s best interests; and (3) that termination is the least restrictive means of protecting the child from harm. See, e.g., C.M. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 953 So. 2d 547 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (on reh’g). The trial court relied upon sections 39.806(l)(c), 39.806(l)(e) and 39.802(8) as the statutory grounds warranting termination. We affirm. The mother raises a number of issues on appeal. We write to address only one —…