Case Name: E. L., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-03-13
Citations: 811 So. 2d 785
Docket Number: No. 3D01-865
Parties: E. L., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 811
Pages: 785–785

Head Matter:
E. L., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY, Appellee.
No. 3D01-865.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 13, 2002.
Cunningham, Miller, Heffernan & Wolfe, and W.J. Heffernan, Jr., Marathon, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Fredericka Sands, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See The Florida Bar v. Hooper, 509 So.2d 289, 290-91 (Fla.1987)(Where clear and convincing evidence is required, the trial court's findings should not be overturned on appeal unless the findings are clearly erroneous or lacking in evidentiary support). The record in this case is replete with evidence of abuse, neglect, and abandonment that justifies the trial court's termination of the mother's parental rights.