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S.B. v. Department of Children & Families251 So. 3d 350 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) · 1D18-1648

Court
1st DCA
Decided
2018-08-20
Case
TPR
Appellant
Mother
County
Taylor

Dismissed Mother's termination appeal dismissed in a citation opinion relying on J.B.'s rule that an ineffective-assistance motion is deemed denied after 25 days.

Issues
Right to counsel & ineffective assistance, Appellate jurisdiction & timeliness

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         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
                 _____________________________
                         No. 1D18-1648
                 _____________________________ S.B., the Natural Mother of J.K.B., G.K.R.B., K.M.B., Minor Children,
    Appellant,
    v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
    Appellee.
                 _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Taylor County. William W. Blue, Judge.
                        August 20, 2018

PER CURIAM.
     DISMISSED. See J.B. v. Fla. Dep’t of Children & Families, 
170 So. 3d 780
 (Fla. 2015) (holding that a motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel in a termination of parental rights proceeding is deemed denied twenty-five days after the motion is filed).

B.L. THOMAS, C.J., and KELSEY and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.
                 _____________________________

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


David J. Joffe of Joffe Law, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant, and S.B., pro se, Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger, Appellate Counsel, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee. 

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