         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                         No. 1D17-5253
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K.T., Mother of C.T., Minor
Child,

    Appellant,

    v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES,

    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County.
James P. Nilon, Judge.

                         April 16, 2018


PER CURIAM.

     Upon consideration of Appellant’s response to this Court’s
order of December 19, 2017, the Court has determined that the
notice of appeal failed to invoke the Court’s jurisdiction in a
timely manner. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for lack of
jurisdiction.

MAKAR, WINOKUR, and WINSOR, JJ., concur.
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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Ryan Thomas Truskoski of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A.,
Orlando, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger, Children’s Legal Services, Jacksonville, for
Appellee.

Thomasina Moore and Sara E. Goldfarb, Guardian ad Litem
Program, Sanford.




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