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T.H. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 3D12-1146.

97 So.3d 256 (2012)

T.H., the father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert W. Guffanti , Miami-Dade, for appellant.

Karla Perkins , Appellate Counsel for the Department of Children and Families; Hillary S. Kambour , Appellate Counsel for the Guardian ad Litem Program.

Before SHEPHERD, CORTIÑAS and EMAS, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the final order of termination of parental rights, but do so without prejudice for T.H. to file a motion or petition with the court below, seeking collateral relief on his claim (raised in this appeal) that his appointed counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance. This is neither a comment on the relative merits of such a claim, nor even an explicit recognition that T.H. has a right to seek such relief. But see In re D.B.,

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