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A.G. v. Department of Children & Families5D16-3647

Court
5th DCA
Decided
2017-02-06
Case
TPR
Appellant
Mother
County
Marion

Affirmed Termination affirmed; the record was sufficient to review the order despite only an omnibus finding, though specific findings are generally indispensable.

Issue
Written findings & sufficiency of the order

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         IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
                              FIFTH DISTRICT
                                                NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
                                                FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
                                                DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

A.G., MOTHER OF H.F.D., T.D. AND M.R.G., CHILDREN,
             Appellant, v.                                                   Case No. 5D16-3647 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
           Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed February 7, 2017 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County, Gary L. Sanders, Judge. Ryan Thomas Truskoski, Special Assistant Regional Counsel, Jeffrey Deen, Appellate Counsel, and Lori D. Loftis, Assistant Regional Counsel, of The Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant. Deborah Anne Schroth, for Appellee, Department of Children and Families. Sara E. Goldfarb, Sanford, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

PER CURIAM.
      AFFIRMED. See J.B.P. v. Dep't of Children & Families, 
868 So. 2d 1289, 1290
(Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (“Because the complete record is sufficient and enables us to review the final order of termination, even with only a single omnibus finding, we have elected not to reverse in this case.     We caution the Judges in this District presiding over termination of parental rights cases, however, not to infer that the failure to make specific factual findings will always be harmless. In most cases-although not in this one-such findings are indispensable.”).

ORFINGER and EDWARDS, JJ., and JACOBUS, B.W., Senior Judge, concur. 

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