From the Florida First Circuit Court of Appeals’ mega-MAGA Patriotic smackdown lib-owning ruling in Doe v Florida: “Appellant, a minor, wishes to terminate her pregnancy. She appeals the trial court’s dismissal of her petition seeking judicial waiver of the parental/legal guardian notice and consent provisions under section 390.01114, Florida Statutes. The trial court found, based on the nonadversarial presentation below, that Appellant had not established by clear and convincing evidence that she was sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy.”
“Having reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s decision under the deferential standard of appellate review set out in the governing statute. (‘The reason for overturning a ruling on appeal must be based on abuse of discretion by the court and may not be based on the weight of the evidence presented to the circuit court since the proceeding is a nonadversarial proceeding.’). We note that section 390.01114 allows for a remand to the trial court with instructions for a further ruling, but no such remand is warranted here. The trial court order and findings are neither unclear nor lacking such that a remand would be necessary for us to perform our review under the statute.”