K.L.V. v. Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

NESBITT, Judge.

In these consolidated eases, K.L.V. and her adoptive parents appeal a trial court order vacating the child’s final judgment of adoption. K.L.V. was born May 5, 1992. In December 1993, the child was physically abused, and HRS took her into custody. A final judgment terminating all parental rights was entered on October 17,1995. On May 1, 1996 the girl’s final judgment of adoption was entered.

In late July 1996, nearly three months after the girl’s adoption and nine months after the termination of parental rights, a person claiming to be the child’s biological father sent a letter…