JK v. Department of Children

925 So.2d 1138 (2006)

J.K., Father of D.R., a Child, Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, Appellee.

No. 5D04-4148.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 21, 2006.

Ryan Thomas Truskoski of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Charles D. Peters, Orlando, for Appellee.

TORPY, J.

Appellant's parental rights were terminated as to his child, D.R., based on abandonment. We reverse.

Appellant, while living in Georgia, met and dated D.R.'s mother, T.K., for a short period of time before he moved to Florida. Unbeknownst to Appellant, he had impregnated T.K., who gave birth to…