K.H., Father of H.H., H.H., Minor Children v. Department of Children and Families

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2025-1718
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K. H., FATHER OF H.H., H.H.,
MINOR CHILDREN,

Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES,

Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County.
Timothy Allen Register, Judge.

June 4, 2026

PER CURIAM.

Given our review of the record and the arguments of the
Appellant and counsel, we find that Appellant has not
demonstrated a basis on which to overturn the lower court’s final
judgment. N.L. v. Dep’t of Children & Family Services, 843 So. 2d
996, 999 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) (“We are obliged to affirm the
termination of parental rights if [the Department] has met its
burden to present clear and convincing evidence of a statutory
ground for terminating parental rights, along with clear and
convincing evidence that terminating parental rights is in the best
interests of the child.”). As such, we affirm. See Fla. R. Juv. P.
8.265(b) & 8.270(b); see also In re T.D., 924 So. 2d 827, 831 (Fla. 2d
DCA 2005) (“Neither B.T., nor any of the other post-Berg-
Perlow decisions of this court, requires reversal solely on the
ground that a trial court has adopted a judgment prepared by one
of the parties.”); M.S. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 765 So. 2d
152, 153 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) (“It is undisputed that parental rights
may be terminated pursuant to section 39.806(1)(e) if a parent fails
to comply substantially with a case plan for a period of 12 months
after a child is adjudicated dependent.”).

ROBERTS, NORDBY, and NEFF, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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K.H., pro se, Appellant.

Andrew McGinley, Ayobami Anuoluwapo Ajoke Adeoti, Sarah J.
Rumph, for Appellee; Danielle Marie Contini, Jaime Generazzo,
Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Charles Henry Williams, Guardian ad
Litem.

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