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A.L. v. Dept

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 27, 2007
958 So. 2d 606 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

Opinion

No. 4D07-580.

June 27, 2007.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, John A. Frusciante, J.

Beresford A. Landers, Jr., appellant. Miami, for appeallant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeffrey P. Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Patricia M. Propheter, Orlando, for appellee Florida Guardian ad Litem Program.


The father appeals the trial court's entry of a final judgment of termination of his parental rights and permanent commitment of his minor child. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the final judgment. We affirm because the father failed to provide transcripts or any record of the proceedings below. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So.2d 1150, 1151 (Fla. 1979). Moreover, the father does not allege any fundamental error, and no fundamental error appears on the face of the final judgment. See Mayfield v. Mayfield, 929 So.2d 671, 672 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) (citing Applegate) (recognizing "[i]n the absence of an adequate transcript on appeal, a judgment that is not fundamentally erroneous must be affirmed").

Affirmed.

GUNTHER, HAZOURI, JJ., and METZGER, ELIZABETH A., Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

A.L. v. Dept

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jun 27, 2007
958 So. 2d 606 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)
Case details for

A.L. v. Dept

Case Details

Full title:A.L., the Father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jun 27, 2007

Citations

958 So. 2d 606 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

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