M.L., Father of K.S.W., a Child v. Department of Children and Families

FIFTH DISTRICT C OURT OF A PPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2025-2680
LT Case No. 2020-DP-000032
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M.L., Father of K.S.W., a Child,
Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN
AND F AMILIES,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County.
Richard A. Howard, Judge.
Scott Timothy Smith, Brooksville, for Appellant.
Rachel Batten, of Children’s Legal Services, Brooksville, for
Appellee.
Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and
Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of
Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian
ad Litem o/b/o K.S.W.
January 22, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
SOUD, BOATWRIGHT, and KILBANE, JJ., concur.

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Not 	final 	until 	disposition 	of 	any 	timely 	and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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