S. S.
v.
DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
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A judgment terminating parental rights and committing children to permanent custody is appealable and was affirmed, but an order granting a petition to terminate parental rights as to different children is not a final appealable order and the appeal must be dismissed.
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
In the Interest of I.S., S.S., H.S., D.S., and ) J.H., children. ) ) ) S.S., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D17-2990 )
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
) FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM ) PROGRAM, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed February 21, 2018. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Manatee County; Teri Kaklis Dees, Judge. Patrick R. Cunningham, Bradenton, for Appellant. Stephanie C. Zimmerman of Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee Department of Children and Families. Laura J. Lee, Sanford, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.
PER CURIAM.
The "Final Judgment for Termination and Permanent Commitment and Disposition (As to the children H.S., D.S., and J.S. ONLY)" is affirmed. The appeal from the "Order Granting the Petition to Terminate Mother's Parental Rights (as to the children I.S. and S.S. ONLY)" is dismissed as an appeal from a nonappealable, nonfinal order. Affirmed in part; dismissed in part. CASANUEVA, VILLANTI, and MORRIS, JJ., Concur.