Legal Opinion
Matter of Adoption of Cottrill
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 16, 1980No. 79-2258PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
388 So.2d 302 (1980)
In re the MATTER OF ADOPTION of John Steven COTTRILL.
Nancy COLLINS, Appellant,
v.
Mary Elsie COTTRILL, Appellee.
No. 79-2258.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
September 16, 1980.
Leonard Frishman, Coral Gables, and Bruce M. Boiko, Miami, for appellant.
Howard L. Kuker, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.
We hold that the trial court's finding that Nancy Collins abandoned her child[1] is not supported by clear and convincing evidence, see, e.g., Solomon v. McLucas, 382 So.2d 339 (Fla.2d DCA 1980), and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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