Legal Opinion
J.P.C. v. Department of Children & Family Services
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 28, 2002No. 2D01-2805PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge.
J.P.C. challenges an order terminating his parental rights to J.D.C. Because the Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) failed to prove the grounds for termination by clear and convincing evidence, we reverse.
J.D.C. was born on January 5, 1998. Two days later, the Department filed a dependency shelter petition on the infant, who tested positive for cocaine at birth. At a hearing on January 7, 1998, the court ordered the child sheltered with his maternal grandmother. Although the shelter order stated that the identity of the child’s father was unknown, the…
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