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M.H. v. Department of Children & Families1D21-0723

Court
1st DCA
Decided
2021-09-17
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         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
                 _____________________________
                         No. 1D21-723
                 _____________________________ M.H., Father of A.H., Minor Child,
    Appellant,
    v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
    Appellee.
                 _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Anthony B. Miller, Judge.
                       September 17, 2021

PER CURIAM.
     DISMISSED. N.S.H. v. Dep’t of Children & Family Servs., 
843 So. 2d 898
 (Fla. 2003) (stating that dismissal is appropriate when appellant fails to timely prosecute an appeal from an order terminating parental rights).

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.
               _____________________________


M.H., pro se, Appellant.

Sarah J. Rumph, Appellate Counsel, Children’s Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee; Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Sarah Todd Weitz, Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee for Appellee Guardian ad Litem. 

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