Supreme Court of Florida

A trial court abuses its discretion in denying an adoption petition when, following an evidentiary hearing, the trial court determines that the petitioning prospective adoptive parents are fit adoptive parents but denies the adoption despite this finding because it determines that it is in the child's best interests for ensuring the paternal grandparents' involvement in the child's life.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2008
• Published 05/22/2008

Judges

• WELLS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bryan Scott Gowdy and John Stewart Mills of Mills and Creed, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Petitioner., Michael Ufferman, Tallahassee, FL, and Alan Isaac Mishael, Miami, FL, on behalf of The Florida Adoption Council, as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• William S. Graessle of William S. Graessle, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Respondent.