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AG v. Department of Children & Families1 So. 3d 345 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009) · 5D08-2944

Court
5th DCA
Decided
2009-01-27
On CourtListener
PER CURIAM.

We affirm based on the reasoning of the Fourth District in E.T. v. State, Department of Children & Families, 930 So.2d 721 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). We certify the *346 following question to the supreme court as a question of great public importance.

MAY A PARENT WHOSE PARENTAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED CHALLENGE THE JUDGMENT OF TERMINATION BY PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS ON THE BASIS THAT THE PARENT WAS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL?

AFFIRMED; QUESTION CERTIFIED.

PALMER, C.J., ORFINGER and TORPY, JJ., concur.

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