Dependency Law Finder

       Third District Court of Appeal
                               State of Florida
                       Opinion filed February 9, 2022.
       Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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                             No. 3D21-2044
                       Lower Tribunal No. 05-15686
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                            J.B., The Father,
                                  Appellant,
                                     vs.
           Department of Children and Families, et al.,
                                 Appellees.

     An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Angelica D. Zayas, Judge.
     Thomas Butler, P.A., and Thomas J. Butler, for appellant.
      Karla Perkins, for appellee Department of Children and Families; Sara E. Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee, Assistant Director of Appeals (Tallahassee); KCB Law, PLLC, and Khairiya C. Bryant (Orlando), for appellee Guardian ad Litem.

Before LOGUE, SCALES and GORDO, JJ.
     PER CURIAM.
      Affirmed. See Fla. Dep’t of Child. & Families v. A.R., 

 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (“Appellate review of a termination of parental rights case is ‘highly deferential. . . . a finding that evidence is clear and convincing enjoys a presumption of correctness and will not be overturned on appeal unless clearly erroneous or lacking in evidentiary support.’” (quoting C.G. v. Dep’t of Child. & Families, 

 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011))); J.E. v. Dep’t of Child. & Families, 

 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013) (“While a trial court’s decision to terminate parental rights must be based on clear and convincing evidence, our review is limited to whether competent substantial evidence supports the trial court’s judgment.”); T.J. v. E.W.R., 

 (Fla. 1998) (holding that incarceration may be a factor, when considered with other factors in evidence, when determining whether to terminate parental rights on the ground of abandonment).