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J.T. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D01-1428.

800 So.2d 692 (2001)

J.T. and N.T., Parents of J.L.K., J.T., Jr., et al., Children, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Thomas Truskoski of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant N.T.

Timothy A. Straus of Moyer, Straus & Patel, P.A., Altamonte Springs, for Appellant J.T.

Kelly A. Swartz, Child Welfare Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Orlando, for Appellee.

COBB, J.

This appeal challenges an order terminating parental rights. The parents, who did not attend the adjudicatory hearing, contend that the trial court erred in not continuing said hearing at the request of their counsel, who did appear. Indeed, counsel for the parents was aware of the date, time and place of the adjudicatory hearing and requested a continuance at the outset of the proceeding:

the reason being that my clients both normally have been...

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