Harden v. Thomas

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• holding that the imprisonment of a parent under a lifetime sentence does not, as a matter of law, constitute abandonment of his child
• incarceration does not, as a matter of law, constitute abandonment under section 39.01(1), Florida Statutes
• the effort of a father while in prison under a life sentence to communicate with his children can negate an intent to abandon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).