M.M. FATHER OF N.M., T.M., C.M., AND B.M., CHILDREN, APPELLANT,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, APPELLEE
M.M. FATHER OF N.M., T.M., C.M., AND B.M., CHILDREN, APPELLANT,
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, APPELLEE
931 So. 2d 280
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2006)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 4 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. K.B. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 834 So. 2d 368, 369 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003) (observing that “the ‘least restrictive means’ test set out in Padgett v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 577 So. 2d 565, 571 (Fla.1991), is not intended to preserve the parental bonds at the cost of a child’s future.... The ‘least restrictive means’ test simply requires that measures short of termi nation be utilized if such measures would permit the safe re-establishment of the parent-child bond.”) (citation omitted).
SHARP, W., THOMPSON, and MONACO, JJ., concur.
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D.B. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 940 So. 2d 516 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006)…PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See M.M. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 931 So. 2d 280 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006); K.B. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 834 So. 2d 368, 369 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003) (observing “the ‘least restrictive means’ test ... is not intended to preserve the parental bonds at the cost of a child’s future.... The ‘least restr…
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F.L.C. v. G.C. and N.C., 24 So. 3d 669 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009)…ild’s future. Id. The least restrictive means test simply requires that measures short of termination be utilized if such measures would permit the safe re-establishment of the parent/child bond. Id.; see also M.M. v. Dep’t of Children and Families, 931 So. 2d 280 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006); K.B. v. Dep’t of Children and Families, 834 So. 2d 368, 369 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003). Here, the trial court specifically found that the father did not have a meaningful father/child bond with either of his two sons. Where there is li…
Authorities Cited
- Padgett v. Dep't OF Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 577 So. 2d 565 (Fla. 1991)
- K.B. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 834 So. 2d 368 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)