IN THE INTEREST OF D.A.M
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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed October 28, 2015. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D15-1154 Lower Tribunal No. 15-1529 ________________ In the Interest of D.A.M., et al., minor children, Appellants, An appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Maria I. Sampedro-Iglesia, Judge. Health Rights Clinic, University of Miami School of Law, and JoNel Newman and Melissa Swain; Devon Frampton and Andrew Sarangoulis, Legal Interns, for appellants. Karla Perkins, for appellee; Children’s Legal Services and Stephanie C. Zimmerman (Bradenton), for Department of Children and Families. Before SUAREZ, C.J., and LAGOA and FERNANDEZ, JJ. SUAREZ, C.J. D.A.M.(1) and D.A.M.(2), his younger brother (the “children”)1, appeal the The children are currently 16 and 14 years old respectively. Thus, this case is distinguishable from O.I.C.L. v. Department of Children & Families, 2015 WL 4461164 at * 2 (Fla. 4th DCA July 22, 2015) which concluded that private petitions similar to those here “routinely share the following elements; the child is about to turn eighteen years old.” 1 trial court’s denial of their private petition seeking an adjudication of dependency. We are bound to follow In re B.Y.G.M., 40 Fla. L. Weekly D1618 (Fla. 3d DCA July 15, 2015), and In re K.B.L.V., 40 Fla. L. Weekly D1622 (Fla. 3d DCA July 15, 2015) and, therefore, affirm. 2
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