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J.C. v. Department of Children & Families1D19-2277

Court
1st DCA
Decided
2019-10-11
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          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
                  _____________________________
                          No. 1D19-2277
                  _____________________________ J.C., Father of E.C. and J.A.C., Minor Children,
    Appellant,
    v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
    Appellee.
                  _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Coleman Lee Robinson, Judge.
                          October 11, 2019

PER CURIAM.
     AFFIRMED. See Santosky v. Kramer, 
455 U.S. 745, 769
 (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”).

B.L. THOMAS, BILBREY, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur.
                _____________________________

    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
               _____________________________


Ryan Thomas Truskoski, Orlando, for Appellant.

Sarah J. Rumph, Children’s Legal Services, Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, Guardian ad Litem Program, Tallahassee, for Appellee. 

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