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J.C. v. Department of Children & Families3D15-0887

Court
3rd DCA
Decided
2015-08-05
Case
TPR
Appellant
Mother
County
Miami-Dade

Affirmed Termination affirmed on case plan noncompliance; the order was imprecise and cited the wrong subparagraph, but the record supported the ground, so error was harmless.

Issues
TPR ground: case plan noncompliance / continuing abuse, Written findings & sufficiency of the order

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       Third District Court of Appeal
                               State of Florida
                          Opinion filed August 5, 2015.
         Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
                               ________________
                                No. 3D15-887
                         Lower Tribunal No. 13-15503
                             ________________

                              J.C., the mother,
                                    Appellant,
                                        vs.
                The Department of Children, etc., et al.,
                                    Appellees.

      An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Rosa C. Figarola, Judge.
     Richard F. Joyce, for appellant.
     Karla F. Perkins, for the Department of Children and Families; Laura E. Lawson (Sanford), for the Guardian ad Litem Program.

Before ROTHENBERG, FERNANDEZ and SCALES, JJ.
     PER CURIAM.
      Appellant J.C. appeals a final judgment of the trial court terminating her parental rights with respect to her daughter. We find the order on appeal to be less than precise in articulating that (i) J.C. materially breached her case plan, and (ii) J.C. would be unlikely or unable to comply substantially with the case plan by the time of its expiration.
      We conclude, however, that record evidence, together with the trial court’s detailed consideration of J.C.’s conduct, support a finding that (i) J.C. materially breached her case plan, as provided in section 39.806(1)(e)2. of the Florida Statutes, and (ii) clear and convincing evidence in the record establishes that J.C. would be unlikely or unable to comply substantially with the case plan within its twelve-month duration. We agree with the Department of Children & Families that citation to section 39.806(1)(e)1. in the conclusion of the trial court’s order constitutes harmless error.
      Affirmed. 

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