M.J., the Mother v. Department of Children and Families

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT

M.J., the mother,
Appellant,

Vv.

GUARDIAN AD LITEM and
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
Appellees.

No. 4D2025-3070
[April 21, 2026]

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit,
Broward County; Stacey Schulman, Judge; L.T. Case No.
062010DP007613AFXXCE.

Antony P. Ryan, Regional Counsel, and Richard G. Bartmon, Assistant
Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel,
Fourth District, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Mercy
Almaguer, Senior Attorney, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office,

Tallahassee, for appellee Guardian Ad Litem.

Carolyn A. Schwarz of Children’s Legal Services, Fort Lauderdale, for
appellee Department of Children and Families.

PER CURIAM.
Affirmed.
LEVINE, CONNER and SHEPHERD, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.