Case Name: M.M. Father of N.M., T.M., C.M., and B.M., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-06-23
Citations: 931 So. 2d 280
Docket Number: No. 5D05-4110
Parties: M.M. Father of N.M., T.M., C.M., and B.M., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.
Judges: SHARP, W., THOMPSON, and MONACO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 931
Pages: 280–281

Head Matter:
M.M. Father of N.M., T.M., C.M., and B.M., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.
No. 5D05-4110.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 23, 2006.
Diana Kilpatrick Simpson of Diana Kil-patrick Simpson, P.A., Ocala, for Appellant.
Ralph J. McMurphy, of Department of Children & Families, Wildwood, for Appel-lee.
Patricia M. Propheter, Orlando, for Guardian Ad Litem.

Opinion:
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.