J.S.S. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

WOLF, Judge.

This unauthorized appeal from a non-final order is treated as a petition for writ of certiorari. Petitioner, J.S.S., the natural father of J.D.L., asserts that the trial court erred in failing to appoint counsel for him during the instant dependency proceedings. Petitioner failed to demonstrate that the denial of the request for appointed counsel constituted a departure from the essential requirements of law. See In re Guardianship of A.P., 644 So.2d 169 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). Petitioner, however, has demonstrated that the procedure utilized by the trial court in making the…