K.J., Mother of Z.A.M., Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families

FIFTH DISTRICT C OURT OF A PPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2025-2489
LT Case No. 60-2022-DP-10
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K.J., Mother of Z.A.M., Minor
Child,
Appellant,
v.
D EPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
F AMILIES,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Sumter County.
Erin Corcoran Daly, Judge.
Octavia Brown, of ONE Community Law Group, PLLC, Tampa, for
Appellant.
Rachel Batten, of Children’s Legal Services, Department of
Children and Families, Brooksville, for Appellee.
Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and
Mercy Almaguer, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of
Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad
Litem o/b/o Z.A.M.
March 3, 2026

2
P ER C URIAM.
A FFIRMED.
MAKAR, E ISNAUGLE, and H ARRIS, 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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