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

No. 5D06-1797.

953 So.2d 659 (2007)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellant, v. J.J.E., Father of J.E., A Child, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 30, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gary R. Gossett, Jr., and Christopher D. Cloud, of Gossett Law Offices, P.A., Sebring, for Appellee.

MONACO, J.

The Department of Children and Families appeals the order of the trial court finding that the service of process by publication in which the Department sought to obtain jurisdiction over the appellee, the father of the child that was the subject of a termination of parental rights proceeding, was invalid, and that the subsequent order terminating the father's rights was void. Because we find no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

In 2002, the father...

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