Case Name: Thomas LUPINEK, Appellant, v. Tom FIRTH and Lisa Firth, Natural Parents, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-05-28
Citations: 619 So. 2d 379
Docket Number: No. 92-2936
Parties: Thomas LUPINEK, Appellant, v. Tom FIRTH and Lisa Firth, Natural Parents, Appellees.
Judges: PETERSON and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 619
Pages: 379–380

Head Matter:
Thomas LUPINEK, Appellant, v. Tom FIRTH and Lisa Firth, Natural Parents, Appellees.
No. 92-2936.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 28, 1993.
Teresa Cooper Ward, St. Petersburg, for appellant.
. No appearance for appellees.

Opinion:
GRIFFIN, Judge.
The order appealed, which declared the petitioner's Motion for Termination of Parental Rights a "nullity", is reversed. Pursuant to section 39.461(1), Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.500(b), appellant, as the child's Guardian Ad Litem, had the authority to file a petition to terminate parental rights. The petition may have been defective but it was not a nullity.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
PETERSON and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.