Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1999

R.V. v. Department of Children & Families

R.V. v. Department of Children & Families
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 13, 1999 · Jorgenson, Nesbitt, Shevin
741 So. 2d 1265; 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 13457; 1999 WL 817738 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

R.V. v. Department of Children & Families

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See In re M.F.G. v. Department of Children and Families, 723 So.2d 290, 292 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) (parental rights should be terminated “where a parent suffers from a mental condition making future harm to the child likely, and where there is no reasonable basis to conclude that the parent’s condition will improve.”); Wiggins v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servs., 616 So.2d 127, 128 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993) (affirming termination of a mother’s rights based, in part, upon the testimony of a psychiatrist that “he had severe doubts that she was actually taking her [prescribed] medication and did not find her really committed to treatment.”).

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