Kw v. State, Department of Children and Family Services

We affirm the final order terminating KW.’s parental rights in all respects except one. See J.C. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 959 So.2d 431, 431 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). The evidence to prove abandonment was not “clear and convincing [and the finding otherwise was not] supported by competent substantial evidence.” N.L. v. Dep’t of Children & Family Servs., 843 So.2d 996, 1000 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003).

Here, as in J.C., however, “despite th[e] error [in ruling that K.W. abandoned the children], the termination of ... parental rights itself is affirmed, because two other grounds supporting…