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R.E.B. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Case No. 5D18-588.

245 So.3d 957 (2018)

R.E.B., JR., Father of T.S.B., T.J.B., T.A.B., J.D.B., J.D.B., I.L.B., R.E.B., and J.L.B., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 27, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Thomas Truskoski , of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Kelley Schaeffer , Appellate Counsel, Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee.

Thomasina Moore , Statewide Director of Appeals, and David P. Krupski , Appellate Counsel, Sanford, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

Appellant appeals a final judgment terminating his parental rights arguing that his procedural due process rights were violated when the trial court held a manifest best interest hearing in his involuntary absence. We agree and reverse.1

The trial court held two adjudicatory hearings below. The first hearing...

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