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C.S. v. Department of Children & Families1D2024-2619

Court
1st DCA
Decided
2024-11-15
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         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
                 _____________________________
                        No. 1D2024-2619
                 _____________________________ C.S., Father of K.S., Minor Child,
    Appellant,
    v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
    Appellee.
                 _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson County. Ana M. Garcia, Judge.

                       November 15, 2024 PER CURIAM.
     The Court dismisses the appeal as untimely filed. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(b). To seek belated appeal, Appellant must file a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court. See In re E.H., 
609 So. 2d 1289
 (Fla. 1992).

KELSEY, NORDBY, and LONG, JJ., concur.
                 _____________________________

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


Elizabeth M. Simpson, Marianna; Christopher Scott, Lynn Haven, for Appellant.

Sarah J. Rumph, Children’s Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Mercy Almaguer, Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Statewide Guardian ad Litem. 

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