Case Name: V., S.R., P., S.L., Children, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-03-11
Citations: 427 So. 2d 1082
Docket Number: No. AL-142
Parties: V., S.R., P., S.L., Children, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellees.
Judges: BOOTH and NIMMONS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 427
Pages: 1082–1083

Head Matter:
V., S.R., P., S.L., Children, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellees.
No. AL-142.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 11, 1983.
William G. Noe, Jr., Atlantic Beach, for appellants.
Jeffery B. Morris, State of Fla. Dept, of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Jacksonville, for appellee.

Opinion:
WIGGINTON, Judge.
The father of the two minor children appeals from a final judgment of permanent commitment of the children to the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services for subsequent adoption. We affirm.
Our review of the record and briefs on appeal reveals no abuse of discretion by the trial court in finding that it would be "manifestly in the best interests" of the children to grant permanent custody to the foster parents, the trial judge having properly determined that the father had abandoned the children within the meaning of Section 39.01, Florida Statutes (1981). See In the Interest of 413 So.2d 418 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).
AFFIRMED.
BOOTH and NIMMONS, JJ., concur.
. Section 39.41(l)(f)l., Florida Statutes (1981).