J.M., father of K.M. and A.M., Minor Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (2023)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

J.M., father of K.M. and A.M., Minor Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 1D22-3884

Decided: May 12, 2023

J.M., pro se, Appellant. Carolyn Schwarz, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Caitlin E. Burke, Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem.

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).

PER CURIAM.

B.L. THOMAS, OSTERHAUS, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.

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