R.H., Mother of N.F., Jr., a Child v. Department of Children and Families

FIFTH D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2025-1861
LT Case No. 2024-DP-000008
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R.H., M OTHER of N.F., JR ., A
CHILD,
Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT of C HILDREN and
FAMILIES,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County.
Stephen E. Toner, Jr., Judge.
Ronda Hawkins, Quincy, pro se.
Rachel Batten, of Children’s Legal Services, Department of
Children and Families, Brooksville, for Appellee.
Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and
Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, and
Laura J. Lee, Assistant Director of Appeals, of Guardian ad
Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Adam Matthew Topel, of Butler
Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, of Pro Bono Guardian ad Litem,
Tampa, for Guardian ad Litem Program.
January 13, 2026

2
PER C URIAM.
A FFIRMED.
W ALLIS, SOUD, 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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