Dependency Law Finder

         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                        No. 1D2024-3106
                 _____________________________ M.S., Father of S.R.S., Minor Child,
    Appellant,
    v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County. Lacey P. Clark, Judge.

                           May 6, 2025 PER CURIAM.
     DISMISSED. N.S.H. v. Dep’t of Child. & Fam. Servs., 

 (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).

RAY, BILBREY, and KELSEY, JJ., concur.
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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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M.S., pro se, 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.