HENRY L. BEMBO, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• In re The Adoption OF John DOE v. ROE, 543 So. 2d 741 (Fla. 1989)
  …d all of this for Mary, her older son, and the baby, after Richard knew she was pregnant and before the baby was born, is un-contradicted in the record. . In re Adoption of Noble, 349 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977). Accord In re Adoption of Lewis, 340 So. 2d 126 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976), cert. denied, 346 So. 2d 1248 (Fla.1977); In re Adoption of Gossett, 277 So. 2d 832 (Fla. 1st DCA 1973). . Smith v. Moore, 481 So. 2d 36 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985); Turner v. Adoption of Turner, 352 So. 2d 957 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977). .…
• In re the Matter of Adoption of John Steven Cottrill. Nancy Collins v. Cottrill, 388 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)
  …doption. Solomon v. McLucas, supra; Matter of Adoption of No [*305] ble, 349 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977). Neither the prior dependency adjudication nor Mrs. Collins’ derelictions serve as a basis for this permanent step. In re Adoption of Lewis, 340 So. 2d 126 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). In a word, nothing but evidence of abandonment by the parent will suffice, and such evidence is completely lacking here. Indeed, the evidence of Mrs. Collins’ continued interest in and affection for the child is undisputed. On m…
• Durden v. In re The Petition of George Henry, Jr., 343 So. 2d 1361 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977)
  …may justify temporary deprivation of the custody of their children, it will seldom justify the permanent deprivation of parental rights resulting from the finality of an adoption decree.” Finally, as this court observed in In re Adoption of Lewis, 340 So. 2d 126, 128 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976): “Crucial to the decision by the trial court to order the adoption of the child by appellees is the finding that appellant abandoned his son. In order for there to be a finding of abandonment, a parent must be found by his…