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H.F. v. Department of Children & Families1D2024-0560

Court
1st DCA
Decided
2024-09-17
Case
TPR
Appellant
Mother
County
Washington

Dismissed Mother's appeal from a termination of parental rights was dismissed under N.S.H. after counsel withdrew and she filed no brief.

Issue
No-merit dismissal

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          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
                  _____________________________
                         No. 1D2024-0560
                  _____________________________ H.F., Mother of M.L., Minor Child,
    Appellant,
    v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
    Appellee.
                  _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. Timothy Register, Judge.

                        September 17, 2024 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).

LEWIS, NORDBY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
                _____________________________

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


H.F., pro se, Appellant.

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

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