A.B. v. Dep't of Children & Families

Full title: A.B., Mother of H.G.T., A.N.B., K.T.W-C., Z.M.W-C., K.A.B., K.D.B., Minor…

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, First District

Date published: Dec 11, 2024

No. 1D2024-1944 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Dec. 11, 2024)

Opinion

1D2024-1944

12-11-2024

A.B., Mother of H.G.T., A.N.B., K.T.W-C., Z.M.W-C., K.A.B., K.D.B., Minor Children, Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families, Appellee.

A.B., pro se, Appellant. Sarah J. Rumph, Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Mercy Almaguer, Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Statewide Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Thomas Williams, Judge.

A.B., pro se, Appellant.

Sarah J. Rumph, Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Mercy Almaguer, Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Statewide Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

DISMISSED. N.S.H. v. Dep't of Child. &Fam. Servs., 843 So.2d 898 (Fla. 2003) (approving procedure that includes dismissal when, after counsel withdraws, the appellant fails to timely file his or her own brief in support of appeal of termination of parental rights).

KELSEY, M. K THOMAS, and TANENBAUM, JJ, concur