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A.A. v. Department of Children & Families1D19-1747

Court
1st DCA
Decided
2019-10-23
Case
Dependency
Appellant
Mother
County
Escambia

Certiorari / writ denied The mother's appeal of a permanent guardianship order with the grandmother was treated as certiorari and denied on the merits.

Issues
Permanency goals other than reunification Certiorari / writ denied, Appellate jurisdiction & timeliness Other
Facts
Relative or grandparent caregiver

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         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
                    _____________________________
                            No. 1D19-1747
                    _____________________________ A.A., the Mother,
    Appellant,
    v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
    Appellee.
                    _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Michael G. Allen, Judge.
                          October 23, 2019

PER CURIAM.
     A.A., the mother of N.K.A, M.K.A-B., N.K.A-W., and L.K.A- W., challenges a post-dependency order placing her children in a permanent guardianship with their maternal grandmother. We treat her appeal as a petition invoking this court’s certiorari jurisdiction, see M.M. v. Florida Department of Children & Families,
189 So. 3d 134
 (Fla. 2016), and deny the petition on the merits.

RAY, C.J., and ROWE and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.
                 _____________________________

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


A.A., pro se, Appellant.

Sarah J. Rumph of Children’s Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Thomasina F. Moore and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb of Guardian ad Litem Program, Tallahassee.

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