G.W.B. v. J.S.W.

HARDING, Justice.

We have for review In re Adoption of Baby E.A.W., 647 So.2d 918 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994), where the district court certified this question as one of great public importance:

IN MAKING A DETERMINATION OF ABANDONMENT AS DEFINED BY SECTION 63.032(14), FLORIDA STATUTES (SUPP.1992), MAY A TRIAL COURT PROPERLY CONSIDER LACK OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND/OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE OF THE FATHER TOWARD THE MOTHER DURING PREGNANCY AS A FACTOR IN EVALUATING THE “CONDUCT OF THE FATHER TOWARDS THE CHILD DURING THE PREGNANCY.”

We have jurisdiction based on article V, section 3(b)(4) of the Florida…