M.L. v. Dept. of Ch. Fam

Full title: M.L., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Mar 19, 2003

840 So. 2d 409 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

Opinion

Case No. 3D02-2067.

Opinion filed March 19, 2003.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Steven D. Robinson, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 93-15107.

Brinkley, Henrys Lewis and George G. Lewis, for appellant.

Anania, Bandklayder, Blackwell, Baumgarten, Torricella Stein and Douglas Stein, Miami; Calianne P. Lantz, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN, J., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Upon the conclusion that it is neither "clearly erroneous [n]or lacking in evidentiary support," E.K.B. v. Department of Children Families, 724 So.2d 720, 721 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), the order below terminating the appellant mother's parental rights is affirmed.

GERSTEN, J., and NESBITT, Senior Judge, concur.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge (dissenting).

I dissent on the basis of the views expressed in S.D. v. Department of Children Family Servs., 805 So.2d 10, 15 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001) (Schwartz, C.J., dissenting).