Aligning Appellate Standards of Review To Match the Constitutional Liberty Interests Implicated in a Termination of Parental Rights Proceeding

There are cases that haunt us, and sometimes, like our clients, attorneys also do not get closure. In 2019, I represented a father who had his parental rights terminated by the State of Florida based on child hearsay admitted under F.S. ยง90.803(23).[1] Although the circumstances of the hearsay statement contained inconsistencies that showed a lack…