W.G.
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Fla. 1st DCA | 2024-03-11
No. 2023-2827
2024 FL 2715 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2024)

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Holding

An appeal challenging termination of parental rights must be dismissed when the appellant fails to timely file his or her own brief after counsel withdraws.


Headnotes

[1] When an appellant's counsel withdraws in an appeal of a termination of parental rights, the appellant must timely file his or her own appellate brief or the appeal may be…

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Facts & Procedural History

W.G. appealed a termination of parental rights decision from the Santa Rosa County Circuit Court. After counsel withdrew, W.G. failed to timely file h…

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Opinion of the Court

March 11, 2024 PER CURIAM.

DISMISSED. N.S.H. v. Dep’t of Child. & Fam. Servs., 843 So. 2d 898 (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, KELSEY, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.

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


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