K.C. v. Dep't of Children & Families
K.C. v. Dep't of Children & Families
Opinion of the Court
The father, K.C., appeals the final judgment terminating his parental rights as to his five-year-old child, C.D. We only find merit in K.C.'s argument that the Department of Children and Families (the "Department") failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that K.C.'s parental rights should be terminated under section 39.806(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2016), for abandoning the minor child, and section 39.806(1)(c), Florida Statutes, for engaging in conduct toward the child that demonstrates that his continuing involvement in the parent-child relationship threatens the life, safety, well-being, physical, mental and emotional health of the child irrespective of services. See S.M. v. Dep't of Child. & Fams.,
Even so, we affirm the final judgment because the trial court's termination of K.C.'s parental rights based on section 39.806(1)(e) 1., Florida Statutes (2016), is supported by clear and convincing evidence. See D.H. v. Dep't of Child. & Fams.,
Accordingly, we affirm the final judgment terminating K.C.'s parental rights to C.D., but we remand with directions for the entry of an amended final judgment striking any language from the judgment regarding sections 39.806(1)(b) and (1)(c) as grounds for the termination of the parental rights.
AFFIRMED; REMANDED with directions.
SAWAYA, PALMER and BERGER, JJ., concur.
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