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.