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G.M. v. Department of Children & Families1D20-0213

Court
1st DCA
Decided
2020-03-06
Case
TPR
Appellant
Mother
County
Suwannee

Dismissed Appeal from the termination judgment dismissed as untimely, without prejudice to seeking relief in the trial court.

Issue
Appellate jurisdiction & timeliness

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          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
                  _____________________________

                          No. 1D20-213
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G.M., Mother of A.B. and M.B., Minor Children,

    Appellant,

    v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,

    Appellee.
                  _____________________________


On appeal from the Circuit Court for Suwannee County. William F. Williams, III, Judge.

                           March 6, 2020


PER CURIAM.

     Upon consideration of Appellant’s response to the Court’s order of January 21, 2020, the Court has determined that its jurisdiction to review the Final Judgment for Termination of Parental Rights, rendered on December 17, 2019, was not invoked in a timely fashion. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The dismissal is without prejudice to the Appellant’s right to seek relief in the trial court. In the Interest of E.H., 
609 So. 2d 1289
 (Fla. 1992).

OSTERHAUS, JAY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
                _____________________________

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


Angela C. Rhodes and Summer Griggs Harris of The GH Law Group, PLLC, Gainesville; and Henri C. Cawthon of the Law Office of Henri C. Cawthon, P.A., Gainesville, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger, Appellate Counsel, Children’s Legal Services, Jacksonville, for Appellee. 

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