THE FLORIDA BAR v. DOVE

Nos. SC05-302, SC05-1157.

985 So.2d 1001 (2008)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. Joyce Sibson DOVE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 12, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, Kenneth Lawrence Marvin, Director of Lawyer Regulation, and Kristin A. Godwin, Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, for Complainant.

Joyce Sibson Dove, pro se, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

We have for review a referee's report recommending that Joyce Sibson Dove be found guilty of professional misconduct for her actions in an adoption case. The referee recommended that Dove be disciplined by public reprimand, receive two years of probation, and forfeit fees of $8,388.84 to The Florida Bar Foundation. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. We disapprove the referee's recommended sanction of a public reprimand. We...

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