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holding that guardian ad litem legally allowed to file TPR on child's behalf
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No. 92-2936.
May 28, 1993.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Hernando County, Peyton B. Hyslop, Acting J.
Teresa Cooper Ward, St. Petersburg, for appellant.
No appearance for appellees.
The order appealed, which declared the petitioner's Motion for Termination of Parental Rights a "nullity", is reversed. Pursuant to section 39.461(1), Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.500(b), appellant, as the child's Guardian Ad Litem, had the authority to file a petition to terminate parental rights. The petition may have been defective but it was not a nullity.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
PETERSON and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.