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IN RE E.K.

No. 2D09-3487.

33 So.3d 125 (2010)

In the Interest of E.K., a child. S.K., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Guardian Ad Litem Program, and M.F., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 28, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.K., pro se.

Bernie McCabe, State Attorney, and Jillian Mannino, Assistant State Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Jennifer S. Paullin, Tavares, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

Melissa A. Tartaglia of Tartaglia Law Group, P.A., Port Richey, for Appellee M.F.

VILLANTI, Judge.

S.K., the Father, appeals the trial court's order denying his motion to set aside the final judgment of termination of parental rights. We affirm the trial court's order; however, we write to discuss the problem that still exists for parents seeking to raise claims of ineffective assistance of counsel arising out of termination proceedings and to certify two questions of great public importance on this issue.

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