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Michael Allen MOTES, Appellant, v. Michael Randy RAWSON, and Nicole Michelle Rawson, Appellees.
    No. 95-1631.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    March 1, 1996.
    Rehearing Denied April 10, 1996.
    Michael Allen Motes, Crestview, pro se.
    Patti A. Christensen and Darlene D. Sapi-era, St. Augustine, for Appellees.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

COBB and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.

PETERSON, C.J., dissents, with opinion.

PETERSON, Chief Judge,

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent for the reason that due process was flawed in the adoption proceeding that terminated the parental rights of an incarcerated father. While the result may be the same in a rehearing of the matter, the father is entitled to be heard and have an attorney represent him in a termination hearing. See In the Interest of D.B., 385 So.2d 83 (Fla.1980); Palmateer v. Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 625 So.2d 117 (Fla. 5th DCA1993).