Case Name: L.G., Mother of T.K., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-01-04
Citations: 803 So. 2d 899
Docket Number: No. 5D01-2369
Parties: L.G., Mother of T.K., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.
Judges: COBB and HARRIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 803
Pages: 899–900

Head Matter:
L.G., Mother of T.K., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.
No. 5D01-2369.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Jan. 4, 2002.
Ryan Thomas Truskoski of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.
Kelly J. McKibben of Child Welfare Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Orlando, for Appellee.

Opinion:
ORFINGER, R.B., J.
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) instituted dependency proceedings regarding T.K., a child. L.G., T.K.'s mother, consented to an adjudication of dependency and concedes that placing the child with her father in Japan was proper. She contends, however, that the trial court erred when it refused to require the father to post a bond to ensure the child's return to the United States if reunification with the mother is ordered by the trial court at some time in the future. We disagree.
Chapter 39 of the Florida Statutes (2000) imposes no requirement that the non-offending parent post a bond to secure compliance with future court orders. This is true regardless of whether the child is placed in Miami, California or Japan. We should not require a non-offending parent, with whom a dependent child is placed, to post a bond as a pre-condition of that placement when the Legislature has not done so. Accordingly, the order of the trial court is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
COBB and HARRIS, JJ., concur.