R.V.
v.
DEP'T OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Fla. 3d DCA | 2018-10-17
No. 3D18-0734
Jorgenson, Pearson, Schwartz
259 So. 3d 200 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2018)

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Holding

The trial court's order is affirmed where the appellant's initial brief fails to demonstrate a preliminary basis for reversal.


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[1] An appellate court may summarily affirm an order without requiring an answer brief when the appellant's initial brief fails to demonstrate a preliminary basis for reversa…

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R.V., the father, appealed a circuit court order in a Department of Children and Families case involving J.A., the mother.…

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Opinion of the Court

Third District Court of Appeal

State of Florida

Opinion filed October 17, 2018. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D18-0734 Lower Tribunal No. 14-15991

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R.V., the father,

Appellant,

vs.

Department of Children and Families, et al.,

Appellees.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.315(a) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Maria I. Sampedro-Iglesia, Judge.

R.V., the father, in proper person.

Law Office of Richard F. Joyce, P.A., and Richard F. Joyce; Lucia C. Pineiro Esq. & Associates, P.A., and Lucia C. Pineiro, for J.A., the mother; Karla Perkins, for Department of Children and Families, for appellees.

Before ROTHENBERG, C.J., and SALTER, and LINDSEY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We grant appellant’s counsel’s motion to withdraw pursuant to Jimenez v.

Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 669 So. 2d 340 (Fla. 3d DCA

1996).

Further, upon consideration of the initial brief, and finding no preliminary basis for reversal has been demonstrated, the order below is summarily affirmed pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.315(a). See Soro v. Soro, 145

So. 3d 183 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014); Fla. Detroit Diesel v. Nathai, 28 So. 3d 182 (Fla.

1st DCA 2010) (“[W]e conclude that the appellants’ initial brief fails to demonstrate a preliminary basis for reversal and we therefore summarily affirm the order without the need for an answer brief.”).

Affirmed.


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