In the Interest of S. S.

Phipps, Judge.

S. S.’s natural father appeals an order of the juvenile court terminating his parental rights and awarding custody of his son to the Department of Human Resources Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS). Appellant does not challenge the termination of his parental rights, hut contends that the court should have awarded custody of S. S. to his (appellant’s) mother.

At the termination hearing, Jackie Bridges, a caseworker with the Seminole County DFCS, testified that DFCS had received a report in November 2001 that S. S. — then two months old — was being physically abused by…