SC07- 2370 – G.S., Et Al. v. T.B., Et Al.

State: Florida

Docket No: SC07-

Case Date: 01/10/2008

Preview:Supreme Court of Florida
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G.S., et al., Petitioners, vs. T.B., et al., Respondents.

[May 22, 2008] WELLS, J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in G.S. v. T.B., 969 So. 2d 1049 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). In its decision, the district court ruled upon the following question, which the court certified to be of great public importance: DOES A TRIAL COURT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION GRANTED BY CHAPTER 63, FLORIDA STATUTES, WHEN IT DENIES AN ADOPTION PETITION FILED BY THE ORPHANED CHILD'S MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, WHO ARE DEEMED TO BE FIT PROSPECTIVE PARENTS, BASED ON THE COURT'S DETERMINATION THAT DENYING THE PETITION IS IN THE CHILD'S BEST INTEREST FOR ENSURING THE

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS' INVOLVEMENT IN THE CHILD'S LIFE? Id. at 1054 (on motion to certify questions of great public importance). We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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