MCGILLIS V. FLA. DEPT. OF CHILDREN

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2001 DARRIN E. MCGILLIS, Appellant, ** ** vs. ** FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, et al., ** Appellees. CASE NOS. 3D01-1370 3D00-841 LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 98-15020 ** ** Opinion filed September 19, 2001. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Jeri B. Cohen, Judge. Darrin E. McGillis, in Proper Person. Robin Greene, for the Department of Children and Families; Nancy Schleifer, for the Guardian ad Litem Program. Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and SORONDO and RAMIREZ, JJ. PER CURIAM. No harmful error or abuse of discretion has been demonstrated in either the order, on appeal in case no. 3D00-841, which prohibits appellant from contact with one and limits it with another juvenile relative, see § 39.701(7),(8), Fla. Stat. (2000); 3 Fla.Jur.2d Appellate Review § 299 (1997), or the order, on appeal in case no. 3D01-1370, which terminates his status as a participant in the cases of three others. See McGillis v. Department of Children & Family Servs., 719 So. 2d 967 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998); § 39.01(50), Fla. Stat. (2000). See generally, Gott v. Department of Children, Youth & Families, 723 So. 2d 936 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); L.B. v. C.A., 738 So. 2d 425 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Florida Dept. of Health & Rehab. Servs. v. Doe, 659 So. 2d 697 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), review denied, 668 So. 2d 602 (Fla. 1996). Affirmed. 2

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