         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D19-2763
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ROBERT MICHAEL ARDIS,

    Petitioner,

    v.

SARAH ARDIS,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Belated Appeal—Original Jurisdiction.


                         August 29, 2019


PER CURIAM.

    Because this petition seeks belated appeal of a lower tribunal
order in a civil matter, the petition for belated appeal is denied.
See Powell v. Fla. Dep’t of Corrections, 727 So. 2d 1103 (Fla. 1st
DCA 1999) (stating that because the proceedings below were civil
in nature, the provisions of Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure
9.141(c) are not applicable).

RAY, C.J., and BILBREY and WINOKUR, 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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Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Assistant
Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.




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