District Court of Appeal of Florida

A final judgment of termination of biological father's parental rights pending adoption is reversed where it was fundamental error to base such a termination of parental rights on a failure to file a claim of paternity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2007
• Published 02/07/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rhonda Portwood, Inverness, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Raymond T. Elligett, Jr., of Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P.A., and Jeanne T. Tate of Jeanne T. Tate, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.