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R.S. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D07-1423.

956 So.2d 1242 (2007)

R.S., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, STATE OF FLORIDA; R.S., the father; Guardian Ad Litem Program, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Booth, Michelle Hankey, and James Walsh, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Jeffrey Dana Gillen, West Palm Beach, for respondent Department of Children and Families.

Samuel T. Marshall, II, of Pickett Marshall & Glassman, P.A., West Palm Beach, for the Father.

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

FARMER, J.

The Legislature has established the following policy to govern the progress of proceedings for the termination of parental rights:

The Legislature finds that time is of the essence for establishing permanency for a child in the dependency system. Time limitations are a right of the child which may not be waived, extended, or continued at the request of any party except as provided in this section.

§ 39.0136(1), Fla. Stat. (2006)....

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