IN RE ADOPTION OF D.P.P.

No. 5D13-1766.

158 So.3d 633 (2014)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF D.P.P., etc., G.P., Appellant, v. C.P., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cristina Alonso and Michael D. Sloan , of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Miami, and Michael P. Sampson and Joshua D. Moore , of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Alan I. Mishael , of Alan I. Mishael, P.A., Miami Beach, for Appellant.

Luis Insignares and Brian J. Kruger , of Luis E. Insignares, P.A., Fort Myers, Amy U. Hickman , of Hausmann & Hickman, P.A., Boynton Beach, and Elisha D. Roy , Chair of the Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, West Palm Beach, for The Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, Amicus Curiae, in support of Appellant.

Elizabeth Lynn Littrell , Atlanta, Georgia, of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., and Shelbi D. Day , Los Angeles, California, pro hac vice, Amicus Curiae, in support of Appellant.

Leslie Cooper and Daniel B. Tilley , of the ACLU Foundation Inc. and the NCLR, New York, pro hac vice, in support of Appellant.

Mary L. Wakeman , of McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope & Weaver, P.A., Jeanne T. Tate of Jeanne T. Tate, P.A., Tamps, Carrington Madison Mead , of Carrington Madison Mead, Jacksonville, and Elizabeth F. Schwartz , of Elizabeth F. Schwartz, P.A., Miami Beach, for The American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, Amicus Curiae, in support of Appellant.

Joseph S. Jackson , University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law Center on Children and Families, Gainesville, for University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law Center on Children and Families, University of Miami School of Law Children and Youth Law Clinic, Nova Southeastern University Law Center Children and Families Clinic, and Professors Paolo Annino, Michael J. Dale, Joan Heifetz Hollinger, and Barbara Woodhouse, Amicus Curiae, in support of Appellant.

Chana Cannon , of Grimes Goebel Grimes Hawkins Galdfelter & Galvano, PL, Bradenton; Daniel S. Volchok , and Matthew Tokson , of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., pro hac vice, for the National Association of Social Workers, National Association of Social Workers, Florida Chapter, and The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, Amicus Curiae, in support of Appellant.

Clifton H. Gorenflo and James J. Partlow , of Gray, Gorenflo & Partlow, P.A., Sanford, for Appellee.


G.P., the adoptive mother, appeals an order vacating a final judgment of adoption, effectively terminating the parent-child relationship with her five-year-old child, D.P.P. The trial court set aside the final judgment concluding that it was rendered without subject matter jurisdiction. We...

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