W.M, THE FATHER
v.
DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Fla. 4th DCA | 2019-11-20
No. 19-1818
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2019) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The circuit court's judgment in the dependency case is affirmed.


Facts & Procedural History

W.M., a father, appealed a decision from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, involving a dependency matter under c…

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Opinion of the Court

Jonathan W. Taylor of Moffa, Sutton & Donnini, P.A., Pro Bono, Guardian Ad Litem Program, Defending Best Interest Project, Fort Lauderdale; and Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian Ad Litem Program.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See J.D. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 263 So. 3d 60 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019); D.E. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 979 So. 2d 1186 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008); C.J. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 968 So. 2d 121 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007); T.R. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 864 So. 2d 1278 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004); D.D. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 773 So. 2d 615 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000). CIKLIN, GERBER and FORST, JJ., concur.

* * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.


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  • …the mother to develop a case plan, with the goal of reunification of the mother with her child[ ]. Thus, this dependency action—unlike a TPR action—shouldn’t be viewed as an ending, but rather, as a beginning. J.D. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 263 So. 3d 60, 63 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019). Thus, we affirm the sound order under review. Affirmed.…

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