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: Florida Court of Appeals, First District

Date published: May 12, 2022

No. 1D22-0138 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. May. 12, 2022)

Opinion

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.

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 Clay County. Steven B. Whittington, Judge.

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.