T.T. MOTHER AND A.M. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Nos. 5D06-56, 5D06-59.

944 So.2d 540 (2006)

T.T. Mother and A.M., Father of A.M. and T.M. Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana K. Simpson of Diana Kilpatrick Simpson, P.A., Ocala, for Appellant.

Ralph J. McMurphy, of Department Children and Families, Wildwood, for Appellee.

Patricia M. Propheter, Orlando, for Guardian ad Litem.


ON MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES

PER CURIAM.

In these two parental rights termination cases, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) has filed motions seeking awards of appellate attorney's fees, citing to section 57.105 of the Florida Statutes (2005) to support such awards. DCF contends that the obligation to pay such fees should be imposed against the parents and their attorneys in these cases due to the filing of frivolous notices of appeal. Determining...

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