Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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v. Kearin, 807 So.2d 659, 663-64 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)). The prejudice to the defendant must be extreme to justify applying the doctrine of laches to a child support matter. Ticktin, 807 So.2d at 664. A mere delay in filing suit is insufficient to establish the applicability of lach-es to “relieve a parent from the obligation to support his or her child.” Hewett, 913 So.2d at 109. Even when the delay is accompanied by a change of financial condition, these circumstances standing alone do not justify the application of laches. See id. Rather, there must be some evidence that the change of financial condition was caused by the delay, such that the change of conditions would render enforcement of the right asserted inequitable. See Logan v. Logan, 920 So.2d 796, 799 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) . The doctrine of equitable estop-pel involves
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that the former husband failed to show the required prejudice where he did not testify that he would have acted differently during the period of delay if he had known the former wife would assert the childrens right to child support
B. holding that the state courts determination that the petitioner could not show prejudice because he did not allege that the witness was available to testify was a reasonable application of federal law to the facts of the case
C. holding that the district court did not err in continuing the trial without defendant when the trial had commenced in defendants presence he vigorously expressed his desire to be absent he was given ample opportunity to change his mind despite the disturbance he had created he had competent counsel and he knew of his right to be present
D. holding there was enough evidence to find the defendant abandoned his child when he claimed to have knowledge of cpss involvement he admitted that for periods of two years and six months he did not attempt any contact with his child and from the date he canceled a home study until the petition was filed he did not attempt to contact the child or cps or provide support even when he was out of jail
E. holding that each plaintiff is liable for fees if he would have been entitled to his fees if he had prevailed
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.