J.C.O. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

No. 3D16-320.

199 So.3d 429 (2016)

J.C.O., The Father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene F. Zenobi , Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region, and Kevin Coyle Colbert , Assistant Regional Counsel, for appellant.

Karla Perkins , for appellee Department of Children and Families; Laura J. Lee , Sanford, for appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

Before SHEPHERD, LAGOA, and LOGUE, JJ.


The father, J.C.O., seeks review of the trial court's order adjudicating his minor child dependent. The father, who resides in Nicaragua, argues that he was not properly served. He also argues that the trial court committed reversible error by continuing to conduct the dependency hearing after...

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