Y.F. v. Department of Children

Full title: Y.F., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 14, 2009

18 So. 3d 1258 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 3D09-1097.

October 14, 2009.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, George A. Sarduy, Judge.

Sanford Rockowitz, for appellant.

Hillary Kambour, for Guardian ad Litem Program; Karla Perkins, for Department of Children and Families, appellee.

Before SHEPHERD, CORTIÑAS, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See A.W. Dep't of Children Family Sens., 969 So.2d 496, 497 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) ("Appellant's purported substantial compliance with her case plan was merely technical, at most, and in no way demonstrated her ability to comprehend and implement the basic parenting skills and practices necessary to assure her child's health, safety, and well-being."); M.M. v. Dep't of Children Family Servs., 867 So.2d 573, 574 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004) (finding substantial, competent evidence that petitioner "has authored her own undoing").