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AG v. Department of Children and Families

AG v. Department of Children and Families
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 27, 2009 · No. 5D08-2944 · Palmer, Orfinger, Torpy
1 So. 3d 345; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 2366; 2009 WL 211071 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)
AG v. Department of Children and Families

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

We affirm based on the reasoning of the Fourth District in E.T. v. State, Department of Children & Families, 930 So.2d 721 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). We certify the *346 following question to the supreme court as a question of great public importance.

MAY A PARENT WHOSE PARENTAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED CHALLENGE THE JUDGMENT OF TERMINATION BY PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS ON THE BASIS THAT THE PARENT WAS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL?

AFFIRMED; QUESTION CERTIFIED.

PALMER, C.J., ORFINGER and TORPY, JJ., concur.

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