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R.P. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D02-74.

835 So.2d 1212 (2003)

R.P., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Genie Holcombe Rothman of Genie H. Rothman, P.A., Delray Beach, for appellant.

Jeffrey Dana Gillen, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

FARMER, J.

This case began as a dependency case, in which the Department of Children and Families (DCF) initially named the wrong man as the father. Several months after filing, DCF learned the identity of the actual father but could not locate him. Nearly a year after the initial filing, DCF dropped the dependency claim and refiled the matter as an action seeking a termination of parental rights (TPR). DCF finally located...

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