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T.F. v. Dept. of Families

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Aug 20, 2007
962 So. 2d 375 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

Opinion

No. 1D06-4248.

July 26, 2007. Rehearing Denied August 20, 2007.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. John E. Crusoe, Judge.

Michael Ufferman, Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Michael Lee, Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Appellant, Father, appeals the termination of his parental rights pursuant to section 39.806(1)(c), Florida Statutes (2005), arguing the Department of Children and Families failed to prove that his continued involvement would harm his children irrespective of the provision of services and failed to provide him any services. We agree. The record is devoid of any evidence that his continued involvement would harm his children despite the provision of services, or that the Department provided him services. See N.L. v. Dep't of Children Family Servs., 843 So.2d 996, 1002 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) (reversing termination of parental rights pursuant to section 39.806(1)(c), because the record was devoid of evidence that services were offered or provided, or that it would have been futile to provide services); W.R. v. Dep't of Children Families, 928 So.2d 414, 418 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (reversing termination of parental rights pursuant to section 39.806(1)(c), because the record was devoid of evidence that the parent's continued involvement in the parent-child relationship would threaten or harm the child).

REVERSED and REMANDED.

KAHN, LEWIS, and HAWKES, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

T.F. v. Dept. of Families

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Aug 20, 2007
962 So. 2d 375 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)
Case details for

T.F. v. Dept. of Families

Case Details

Full title:T.F., Father of A.F. and T.F., Jr., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Aug 20, 2007

Citations

962 So. 2d 375 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)