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J.W. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D01-2736.

812 So.2d 599 (2002)

J.W., Father of K.W., J.L., and C.H., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madonna H. Whittaker, Altamonte Springs, for Appellant.

James A. Sawyer, Jr., Department of Children and Families, Kissimmee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See State v. Osborne, 781 So.2d 1137, 1139-40 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). ("With respect to time-limit statutes the general rule is that requirements relating to the time within which an act must be done are directory rather than mandatory or jurisdictional, unless a contrary intent is clearly expressed ... a proper test of legislative intent is to focus on the likely consequences of holding a particular time...

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