Case Name: R.V., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, and The Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-10-13
Citations: 741 So. 2d 1265
Docket Number: No. 99-241
Parties: R.V., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, and The Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.
Judges: Before NESBITT, JORGENSON, and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 741
Pages: 1265–1265

Head Matter:
R.V., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, and The Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.
No. 99-241.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 13, 1999.
Mindy S. Glazer, Miami, for appellant.
Robin Greene, Miami, for appellee Families.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and Daniel A. Casey, Richard J. Brener and Rima Y. Mullins, Miami, for appellee Guardian Ad Litem Program.
Before NESBITT, JORGENSON, and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See In re M.F.G. v. Department of Children and Families, 723 So.2d 290, 292 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) (parental rights should be terminated "where a parent suffers from a mental condition making future harm to the child likely, and where there is no reasonable basis to conclude that the parent's condition will improve."); Wiggins v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servs., 616 So.2d 127, 128 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993) (affirming termination of a mother's rights based, in part, upon the testimony of a psychiatrist that "he had severe doubts that she was actually taking her [prescribed] medication and did not find her really committed to treatment.").