E.L.J., Father of A.J. and B.J., Each a Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (2019)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

E.L.J., Father of A.J. and B.J., Each a Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 1D19-1966

Decided: October 11, 2019

Ryan Thomas Truskoski, Orlando, for Appellant. Ward L. Metzger, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, Guardian ad Litem Program, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Affirmed. See Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745, 769, 102 S.Ct. 1388, 71 L.Ed.2d 599 (1982) (holding that the clear and convincing evidence standard may be used to terminate parental rights as the standard “adequately conveys to the factfinder the level of subjective certainty about [its] factual conclusions necessary to satisfy due process”).

Per Curiam.

B.L. Thomas, Bilbrey, and M.K. Thomas, JJ., concur.

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