T.T., FATHER
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Fla. 1st DCA | 2024-04-04
No. 2023-2464
2024 FL 3816 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2024)

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Holding

An appeal of termination of parental rights is dismissed when counsel withdraws and the pro se appellant fails to timely file a brief in support of the appeal.


Headnotes

[1] In an appeal of termination of parental rights, when appointed counsel withdraws and the pro se appellant fails to timely file a brief in support of the appeal, the appea…

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Facts & Procedural History

A father appealed a termination of parental rights decision. After counsel withdrew from representation, the pro se father failed to timely file a bri…

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Opinion of the Court

April 4, 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). B.L. THOMAS, RAY, and KELSEY, 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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