S. S.
v.
DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Fla. 2d DCA | 2018-02-21
No. 17-2990
Dees, J., Casanueva, J., Villanti, J., Morris, J.
238 So. 3d 895 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2018)

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Holding

A judgment terminating parental rights and committing children to permanent custody is appealable and was affirmed, but an order granting a petition to terminate parental rights as to different children is not a final appealable order and the appeal must be dismissed.


Headnotes

[1] An order granting a petition to terminate parental rights, as distinguished from a final judgment of termination with permanent commitment and disposition, is not a final…

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Facts & Procedural History

S.S. appealed from orders terminating her parental rights to five children. The trial court issued a Final Judgment for Termination and Permanent Comm…

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Opinion of the Court
Morris

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING

MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

OF FLORIDA

SECOND DISTRICT

In the Interest of I.S., S.S., H.S., D.S., and ) J.H., children. ) ) ) S.S., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D17-2990 )

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND

) FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM ) PROGRAM, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed February 21, 2018. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Manatee County; Teri Kaklis Dees, Judge. Patrick R. Cunningham, Bradenton, for Appellant. Stephanie C. Zimmerman of Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee Department of Children and Families. Laura J. Lee, Sanford, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

PER CURIAM.

The "Final Judgment for Termination and Permanent Commitment and Disposition (As to the children H.S., D.S., and J.S. ONLY)" is affirmed. The appeal from the "Order Granting the Petition to Terminate Mother's Parental Rights (as to the children I.S. and S.S. ONLY)" is dismissed as an appeal from a nonappealable, nonfinal order. Affirmed in part; dismissed in part. CASANUEVA, VILLANTI, and MORRIS, JJ., Concur.


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