M.D. v. Department of Children & Family Services

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

On petition by the Department of Children and Family Services, the circuit court terminated M.D.’s and F.M.’s parental rights to their daughter, T.D. In this appeal, the parents complain only of the manner in which the circuit court entered the judgment.1 The parents argue, in es*828sence, that this court’s opinion in In re B.T., 887 So.2d 418 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004), established a bright-line rule requiring reversal when a court adopts one party’s proposed judgment verbatim. But B.T. did not, and could not, hold as they contend. To be sure, in some circumstances a court’s adoption of…