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IN RE J.T.

Nos. 06-1523, 2D06-296, 2D06-416, 2D06-1037, 2D06-1220.

947 So.2d 1212 (2007)

In the Interest of J.T., a child, Department of Children and Family Services, Appellant, v. Heart of Adoptions, Inc., R.T., and Guardian Ad Litem, Appellees. A.M., Appellant, v. Heart of Adoptions, Inc. R.T., and Guardian Ad Litem, Appellees. R.T., Petitioner, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Guardian Ad Litem, and A.M., Respondents, Heart of Adoptions, Inc., Petitioner, v. Department of Children and Family Services, A.M., R.T., and Guardian Ad Litem, Respondents. R.T., Petitioner, v. Department of Children and Family Services, A.M., and Guardian Ad Litem, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly Hunt Diehr, Assistant Regional Legal Counsel, Department of Children & Family Services, Tampa, and Cheryl Fuller, Sarasota, Department of Children & Family Services, for Appellant/Respondent Department of Children & Family Services.

Jeffrey A. King, Special Appointed Counsel, Tampa, for Appellant/Respondent A.M.

Jeanne T. Tate and Danelle D. Barksdale of Jeanne T. Tate P.A., Tampa, for Appellee/Petitioner Heart of Adoptions Inc.

Debra M. Salisbury of Law Office of Debra M. Salisbury P.A., Sarasota, for Appellee/Petitioner R.T.

Thomas Wade Young and Andrea R. Hack, Guardian ad Litem Program, Orlando, for Appellee/Respondent Guardian ad Litem Program.

CASANUEVA, Judge.

The Department of Children and Family Services and A.M., the unmarried biological father of J.T., challenge the circuit court's decision to "relinquish its jurisdiction" to another division of the circuit court after Heart of Adoptions, Inc., was permitted to intervene in this dependency case. At the time that Heart of Adoptions entered this case, J.T. was almost oneyear old. She had been placed in emergency shelter care at birth because her birth...

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