D.E. v. Department of Children & Families

ORFINGER, R. B.,

dissenting in part.

I respectfully dissent in part. I do so not because I believe D.E., the father of D.D.E., a seven-year-old child, is a suitable custodian for his son, but rather because I think the trial judge failed to adequately consider placing the child with his paternal grandmother as an alternative to terminating D.E.’s parental rights. As a result, I believe the evidence was insufficient to demonstrate that termination is in the manifest best interests of the child.

Like many dependency and termination of parental rights cases, this case has a long, and somewhat…