N.F., Father 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. 5D2025-1756
LT Case No. 2024-DP-000008
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N.F., FATHER 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.
Noel Figueroa, Spring Hill, 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, Appellant Division, of
Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Adam
Matthew Topel, of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, of Pro
Bono Guardian ad Litem Office, 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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