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

No. 5D05-364.

901 So.2d 215 (2005)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. J.J.E., Father of J.E., a Child, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. McMurphy, Wildwood, for Petitioner.

Gary R. Gossett, Jr. of Gossett Law Offices, P.A., Sebring, for Respondent.

PETERSON, J.

The Florida Department of Children and Families, ("DCF"), seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the circuit judge from assuming jurisdiction over a proceeding in which a natural father, who had his parental rights terminated, sought a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his termination of parental rights was void because he had never been served with process.

This court has jurisdiction to entertain the petition for writ of prohibition as authorized...

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