IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF: D.P.P., 158 So. 3d 633 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014)
May 21, 2014OUTCOME: Reversed order vacating adoption judgment and reinstated it.
Adoptive mother appealed an order vacating a final judgment of adoption, effectively terminating the parent-child relationship with her five-year-old child, D.P.P. The trial court set aside the final ... judgment concluding that it was rendered without subject matter jurisdiction. Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed, holding the circuit court had subject matter jurisdiction in the adoption proceeding. We further hold that adoptive mother's former partner was estopped from challenging the validity of the adoption judgment that she helped to procure.
