F. Y. J., Mother of R.L.J., a Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (2021)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

F. Y. J., Mother of R.L.J., a Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 1D21-354

Decided: September 23, 2021

Michael R. Yokan, Jacksonville, for Appellant. Ward L. Metzger, Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee; Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee; Javier Enriquez, General Counsel for Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee; Tracy Sorcek and Kimberly M. Dodd, Children's Legal Services, Jacksonville; Jenna Lea Meadows, Guardian ad Litem, Jacksonville; Rebecca Lynn Bartlett, Tallahassee for Appellee.

Affirmed. See D.R. v. Dep't of Child. & Fams., 236 So. 3d 1175, 1177 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) (“Even in a termination of parental rights proceeding, the lack of a transcript mandates affirmance unless fundamental error appears on the face of the order.”); see also Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (“Without a record of the trial proceedings, the appellate court can not properly resolve the underlying factual issues so as to conclude that the trial court's judgment is not supported by the evidence or by an alternative theory. Without knowing the factual context, neither can an appellate court reasonably conclude that the trial judge so misconceived the law as to require reversal.”).

Per Curiam.

Ray, Osterhaus, and Nordby, JJ., concur.

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