District Court of Appeal of Florida
E.R. v. Dep't of Children and Family Servs., 3d05-2606
Order terminating father's parental rights to his two children is reversed where: 1) the father's reason for not completing a substance abuse treatment program was valid; 2) there was no evidence that the father could not improve; and 3) there was no evidence that termination of the father-s parental rights was in the children's manifest best interest.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/13/2006
- Published 09/13/2006
Judges
- PER CURIAM., Before GERSTEN, SUAREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kevin Coyle Colbert, Miami, for appellant, E.R., Hillary S. Kambour and Mercedes Scopetta, for appellant, the Guardian Ad Litem Program.
- For Appellees:
- Jeffrey Bassett, and Calianne P. Lantz, Assistant District Legal Counsels, Department of Children and Family Services, for appellee.