IN RE K.M.

No. 2D07-1609.

978 So.2d 211 (2008)

In the Interest of K.M., a child. D.M., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families, T.W., and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio R. Arnao of Law Office of Antonio R. Arnao, Largo, for Appellant.

Jessica C. Tien of Tien Law Group, Tampa, for Appellee, T.W.

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

No appearance for Appellee, Department of Children and Families.


FULMER, Judge.

Appellant D.M., the maternal grandmother of the minor child K.M., appeals from an order placing K.M. with her father, Appellee T.W. ("the Father"), pursuant to section 39.521(3)(b), Florida Statutes (2006). Because we conclude that the grandmother has no standing to appeal, we dismiss the appeal.

The trial court adjudicated K.M. dependent as to her mother and, in January 2005, placed K.M. with the grandmother and a maternal aunt. At that time...

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