C.B. v. B.C.

In this unusual termination of parental rights appeal, C.B., the mother [“the mother”], appeals the 'final judgment terminating the parental rights of the biological father, B.C. Although the mother was the petitioner seeking termination of his parental rights, and the court did order termination of the father’s parental rights, the mother complains of the way in which it was done.

The underlying facts in this case are not in dispute. The child, S.A.C., was born in Longwood, Florida, on February 24, 1997. Her natural father, B.C. [“the father”], was convicted of molesting his stepdaughter,…