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M.D. v. Department of Children & Families812 So. 2d 598 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002) · 1D01-5152

Court
1st DCA
Decided
2002-04-04
Case
TPR
Appellant
Other

Dismissed Appeal dismissed as premature because the order was not sufficiently final as to termination of parental rights.

Issue
Appellate jurisdiction & timeliness

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PER CURIAM.

Having considered the appellant’s response to this Court’s order, dated February 21, 2002, the appeal is hereby dismissed as premature. The order on appeal is not “sufficiently final as to termination of parental rights to dispose of that separate, independent issue.” See G.L.S. v. Dep’t of Children and Families, 724 So.2d 1181, 1186 (Fla.1998).

ALLEN, C.J., BOOTH and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.

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