INTEREST OF M.R.

No. 4D21-1550.

327 So.3d 848 (2021)

In the INTEREST OF M.R., E.R., N.J.R., and P.R. Denise E. Kistner of the Law Offices of Denise E. Kistner, P.A., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Familes and Guardian Ad Litem, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise E. Kistner of the Law Offices of Denise E. Kistner, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, pro se, and for grandparents V.R. and V.R.

Thomasina F. Moore , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Samantha C. Valley , Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for appellee Guardian ad Litem o/b/o M.R., E.R., N.J.R., and P.R.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carolyn Schwartz , Assistant Attorney General, Children's Legal Services, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Department of Children and Families.

David J. Glantz of Broward Lawyers Care, pro bono project of Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Weston, for M.R., E.R., N.J.R., and P.R.


The narrow issue on appeal is whether the circuit court erred when it denied the motion to intervene filed by Denise E. Kistner of the Law Offices of Denise E. Kistner, P.A., acting as the adoption entity,1 in termination of parental right proceedings. Chapter 63 requires the court to

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