IN INTEREST OF E.S.

No. 2D02-5342.

862 So.2d 903 (2003)

In the interest of E.S., a child. K.K., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia R. Vetter, Tampa, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tanya E. DiFilippo, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CANADY, Judge.

K.K. appeals an order of the trial court terminating his parental rights. This order was based on a "default" for "failure to appear" at the adjudicatory hearing in his case. K.K. arrived at the adjudicatory hearing approximately twenty minutes late. K.K's attorney then moved that the trial court set aside the default and hear the case. Counsel explained to the court that K.K. was late because the disabled relative who had provided transportation for...

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