Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1996

State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. L.E.P.

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 2, 1996 · Altenbernd, Blue, Quince

667 So. 2d 484; 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 626; 1996 WL 39591 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services appeals the order denying its petition to terminate parental rights. We thoroughly examined the record and found no basis for the trial judge’s order. Indeed, the evidence presented was clear and convincing in support of termination. Therefore, we reverse the order denying the Department’s petition for termination of parental rights. On remand, we direct that a different trial judge conduct a new hearing on the petition.

Reversed and remanded.

ALTENBERND, A.C.J., and BLUE and QUINCE, JJ., concur.

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