P. J., Mother of M.R.M., a Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (2021)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

P. J., Mother of M.R.M., a Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 1D20-1785

Decided: January 12, 2021

P.J., pro se, Appellant. Celines Garcia-Ryan, Assistant Regional Counsel, Fort Walton Beach, Thomasina F. Moore and Sara Goldfarb, Guardians ad Litem, Tallahassee, Stacey Wood, Children's Legal Services, Fort Walton Beach, Shayna J. Parrish, Guardian ad Litem, Crestview, Sarah J. Rumph, Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Affirmed. See § 39.806(1)(d), Fla. Stat. (2019) (establishing grounds for termination of parental rights to include “[w]hen the parent of a child is incarcerated and ․ [t]he period of time for which the parent is expected to be incarcerated will constitute a significant portion of the child's minority”); D.S. v. Dep't of Children & Families, 164 So. 3d 29, 34 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015) (explaining that a court's analysis of what constitutes a “significant portion of the child's minority” under section 39.806(1)(d)1. “must look both at the length of the incarceration as well as its effect on the child's need for permanency”).

Per Curiam.

ROWE, M.K. THOMAS, and NORDBY, JJ., concur.

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