R.E.C. v. Dep't of Children & Families

Full title: R.E.C., Father of C.T., A Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Date published: May 12, 2022

342 So. 3d 705 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)

Opinion

No. 1D22-0138

05-12-2022

R.E.C., Father of C.T., A Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

Julia H. McLaughlin of Owenby Law, P.A., St. Augustine, for Appellant. Ward L. Metzger, Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Julia H. McLaughlin of Owenby Law, P.A., St. Augustine, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger, Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem.

Per Curiam.

The Court grants the motion to dismiss this case and dismisses the case as moot. See O.I.C.L. v. Florida Dept. of Children & Families , 205 So. 3d 575, 578 (Fla. 2016) (holding that issue of whether the child should be deemed dependent became moot when the child reached the age of majority).

Bilbrey, Winokur, and Long, JJ., concur.