C.T. v. State, Department of Children & Families

This is an appeal of a final judgment terminating the parental rights of the mother, C.T. We affirm.

The Department filed a petition for termination of the mother’s parental rights to her five children, C.T., D.G., T.T., B.W., and C.W. After a bench trial, the trial court found the petition to be proven under paragraphs 39.806(l)(c), (f), and (g), Florida Statutes (2008). The trial court found, among other things, that “the evidence is clear and convincing that the Mother abused [D.G.] and [C.T.] repeatedly and such abuse constitutes egregious abuse.”

With regard to the remaining three…