LP v. Department of Children and Families

871 So.2d 306 (2004)

L.P., father of J.Q., a child, Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN and FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 1D02-3950.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 20, 2004.

Nancy Leonard Harvey, Quincy, for Appellant.

Alexandria E. Walters, Dept. Of Children and Families, Quincy, for Appellee.

HAWKES, J.

Appellant, a non-offending father, appeals from a non-final order denying him custody of his 17 month-old, developmentally disabled son. The question we are asked to resolve is whether the record contains competent, substantial evidence to support the trial court's conclusion…