K.M.B., Petitioner, v. Department of Children and Families, Respondent. (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Sixth District.

In the INTEREST OF J.J.L. and K.E.B., children. K.M.B., Petitioner, v. Department of Children and Families, Respondent.

Case No. 6D2025-1666

Decided: July 24, 2025

Leslie A. Lasseigne, of Lasseigne & Ladner, P.A., Haines City, for Petitioner. No Appearance for Respondent.

The emergency petition for belated appeal is dismissed without prejudice to Petitioner to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the lower tribunal. See A.D. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam., 355 So. 3d 568-69 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023) (“The proper avenue for a parent to seek relief, when claiming entitlement to a belated appeal of the termination of parental rights due to an error or omission of counsel, is to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the trial court.” (citing In the Int. of E.H., 609 So. 2d 1289 (Fla. 1992))).

DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM.

TRAVER, C.J., and STARGEL and NARDELLA, JJ., concur.

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