S.K. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D06-3830.

959 So.2d 1209 (2007)

S.K., the Father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise E. Kistner of Law Offices of Denise E. Kistner, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeffrey P. Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

A father, in prison for life, appeals the trial court's order adjudicating his minor child dependent as to the father. He claims that the trial court deprived him of due process by failing to appoint an attorney ad litem to represent him when he was indisputably incompetent. Because he was represented by counsel throughout the proceedings, no violation of due process occurred. The trial court correctly ruled that the dependency proceedings could not be...

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