Porter v. Department of Children & Families

I respectfully dissent. I would reverse the order terminating Porter’s parental rights.

This ease is not new to this court. We affirmed without opinion the order terminating the mother’s parental rights in Porter v. Department of Children and Family Services, 705 So.2d 912 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). The record in the mother’s case is also the record before this court in Porter’s case. In fact, the order of adjudication and the order of disposition are the same in both cases. The difference in the instant case is that the evidence regarding Porter is not clear and convincing.

The court terminated…