Legal Opinion
In re Adoption of K.A.G.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 24, 2014No. 5D14-2751PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtOrfinger, J.
The paternal grandmother (“Grandmother”) and legal father (“Father”) appeal the trial court’s final judgment dismissing Grandmother’s petition to adopt K.A.G. (“Child”), a four-year-old boy. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
Father, who is charged with killing Child’s mother, is incarcerated awaiting trial. As a result, the Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) instituted dependency proceedings and filed a shelter petition. Child was placed in the temporary custody of his maternal aunt (“Aunt”) and her live-in fiancé. DCF also petitioned to involuntarily terminate Father’s parental…
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- R.W.W. v. State, Department of Children & FamiliesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
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