D.M. v. Department of Children & Families

FULMER, Judge.

Appellant D.M., the maternal grandmother of the minor child K.M., appeals from an order placing K.M. with her father, Appellee T.W. (“the Father”), pursuant to section 39.521(3)(b), Florida Statutes (2006). Because we conclude that the grandmother has no standing to appeal, we dismiss the appeal.

The trial court adjudicated K.M. dependent as to her mother and, in January-2005, placed K.M. with the grandmother and a maternal aunt. At that time, the whereabouts of the Father were unknown; K.M. was not adjudicated dependent as to him. Shortly thereafter, however, contact was made…