JESSIE JAMES HURRY, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• C.D. v. Fla. Dep't of Child. & Families, 164 So. 3d 40 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015)
  …termination of parental rights,” did not render such a placement the least restrictive means. The court also found that this court provided “additional guidance” on the issue of least restrictive means in A.H. v. Department of Children & Families, 144 So. 3d 662 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). The trial court found that A.H. “involved availability of a permanent placement plus the existence of a parent child relationship plus the existence of a less restrictive alternative to termination that would guard the child fro…
• D.S. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 164 So. 3d 29 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015)
  …re is significant risk of harm to the current child, or that there are no measures short of termination that could be used to protect the child from harm, then termination will not pass constitutional muster.’ ” A.H. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 144 So. 3d 662, 665 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) (quoting J.B. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 107 So. 3d 1196, 1202 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013)). In A.H., the Department conceded that it had not proved that termination was the least restrictive means, where the children were bei…
• State v. B.C., 185 So. 3d 716 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016)
  …as well as abusing drugs and alcohol. No evidence suggests any path to reunification or any alternative' short of termination. G.H. provides no support -for precluding termination in this case. Next, in A.H. v. Department of Children and Families, 144 So. 3d 662 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014), this Court reversed a termination order on the concession of the Department that termination of parental rights was not the least restrictive means of protecting the child from serious harm. The mother sought to regain custody o…

Authorities Cited

• Baker v. State, 878 So. 2d 1236 (Fla. 2004)