         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D19-0127
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T. W.,

    Petitioner,

    v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES,

    Respondent.
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Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel—
Original Jurisdiction.


                          May 8, 2019


PER CURIAM.

    The petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate
counsel is denied on the merits.

WOLF, BILBREY, 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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T.W., pro se, Petitioner.

Sarah J. Rumph, Appellate Counsel, Children’s Legal Services,
Tallahassee; Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals,
and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Appellate Counsel of the Florida
Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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