M.M. v. Department of Children & Family Services
M.M. v. Department of Children & Family Services
987 So. 2d 1267; 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 13422; 2008 WL 3540242
(Southern Reporter, Second Series)
M.M. v. Department of Children & Family Services
Opinion of the Court
“[T]he availability of a nonadoptive placement with a relative may not ... be considered as a factor weighing against termination of parental rights.” § 39.810(1), Fla. Stat. (2006). Since the child’s mother’s parental rights were terminated earlier, the “child will not be reunited with a parent, [and] adoption, under chapter 63, is the primary permanency option.” § 39.621(6), Fla. Stat. (2006). As the Department of Children and Family Services acknowledges, “the trial court here has not precluded the paternal great grandmother from being among that number seeking to adopt L.K.”
AFFIRMED.
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