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INTEREST OF K.E.

No. 2D21-1793.

335 So.3d 226 (2022)

In the INTEREST OF K.E., a child. K.E., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 18, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kari Jorma Myllynen of the Law Offices of K.J. Myllynen, Land O'Lakes, for Appellant.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb , Statewide Director of Appeals, and Samantha C. Valley , Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

Bruce Bartlett , State Attorney, and Leslie M. Layne , Assistant State Attorney, Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Clearwater, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

K.E. appeals the final judgment terminating his parental rights. We affirm but write to address K.E.'s argument that the trial court erred by proceeding with the adjudicatory hearing after he appeared at the remote hearing by telephone but then was absent after conferring with his attorney.

Throughout the trial court proceedings...

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