R.R. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam.

Full title: R.R., Jr., Father of G.A.R., Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF…

Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

Date published: Jan 11, 2024

377 So. 3d 233 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2024)

Opinion

No. 1D2023-1989

01-11-2024

R.R., Jr., Father of G.A.R., Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

R.R., Jr., pro se, Appellant. Sarah J. Rumph, Children’s Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Caitlin E. Burke, Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem.

Per Curiam.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County. Lacey Powell Clark, Judge.

R.R., Jr., pro se, Appellant.

Sarah J. Rumph, Children’s Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Caitlin E. Burke, Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for 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).

B.L. Thomas, Rowe, and Winokur, JJ., concur.