A.G. v. Dept. of Children and Families

Full title: A.G., Mother of J.A.M., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Jan 27, 2009

1 So. 3d 345 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 5D08-2944.

January 27, 2009.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Gail Adams, Judge.

Susan L. Ray, Orlando, for Appellant.

Jeffrey Dana Gillen, West Palm Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm based on the reasoning of the Fourth District in E.T. v. State, Department of Children Families, 930 So.2d 721 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). We certify the following question to the supreme court as a question of great public importance.

MAY A PARENT WHOSE PARENTAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED CHALLENGE THE JUDGMENT OF TERMINATION BY PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS ON THE BASIS THAT THE PARENT WAS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL?

AFFIRMED; QUESTION CERTIFIED.

PALMER, C.J., ORFINGER and TORPY, JJ., concur.