K.A. v. Department of Children & Family Services
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
ALTENBERND, Chief Judge.
K.A. and S.A. appeal a judgment terminating their parental rights to three children. We affirm that portion of the judgment that terminates the parents’ rights to the youngest child, an infant who suffered abuse as a result of egregious conduct when he was in the custody of one or both of the parents. See § 39.806(1)(f), Fla. Stat. (2002). We reverse the order terminating the parents’ rights to the two older children because the Department of Children and Family Services failed to present clear and convincing evidence that termination was in the manifest best interests…
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