R.P., FATHER OF S.P., A CHILD, APPELLANT,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, APPELLEE

Fla. 5th DCA | 2010-12-13
No. 5D10-1991
PALMER and LAWSON, JJ., concur.
49 So. 3d 339 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2010) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
TORPY, J.

TORPY, J.

We affirm the lower court’s order that terminated the parental rights of Appellant, rejecting the contentions that the evidence was insufficient to support termination and that termination was not the least restrictive means of protecting the child. We have specifically addressed the merits of the insufficiency argument, notwithstanding Appellee’s protestation that this argument was not preserved. In doing so, we align ourselves with the Fourth District’s decision in H.D. v. Department of Children & Families, 964 So.2d 818 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). We acknowledge apparent conflict with J.D. v. Department of Children & Families, 825 So.2d 447 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

AFFIRMED.

PALMER and LAWSON, JJ., concur.


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