IN RE C.M.

No. 2D06-2333.

941 So.2d 1255 (2006)

In the Interest of C.M. and E.M., children. V.M., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman A. Palumbo, Jr., Tampa, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tanya E. DiFilippo, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Wendie Michelle Cooper, Orlando, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

V.M., the Father, appeals a final judgment terminating his parental rights with respect to his children, C.M. and E.M.1 The trial court entered the final judgment after finding that the Father's failure to timely appear at the adjudicatory hearing constituted his consent to termination. The Department of Children and Family Services (the Department) and the Guardian ad Litem (GAL) concede that the trial court committed...

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