In re Adoption of Scott

BOYER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by a prospective adoptive father from a final order dismissing without prejudice his petition for adoption of an adult for failure to prosecute with diligence. (See Popkin v. Crispen, 213 So.2d 445 (Fla.4th DCA 1968), cert. den. 222 So.2d 748 (Fla.1969).) Although filed as an appeal from a final order, it is in fact an interlocutory appeal (Fla.App. Rule 4.2a) and we will treat it as such. (Fla.App. Rules 3.2 and 4.2 ; Crepaldi v. Wagner, 128 So.2d 759 (Fla.1st DCA 1969); Jonton, Inc. v. Fidelity Mortgage Investors, 329 So.2d 45, 46 (Fla.1st DCA 1976).)

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