J.S., Father of J.R.S., J.E.S., and L.S.S., Children v. Department of Children and Families

FIFTH DISTRICT C OURT OF A PPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2025-2742
LT Case No. 2023-DP-000043
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J.S., F ATHER of J.R.S., J.E.S.,
and L.S.S., C HILDREN ,
Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT of C HILDREN and
F AMILIES,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County.
Stacy M. Youmans, Judge.
Carl New, Ocala, 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,
and Amy M. Wessel Jones, of Shutts & Bowen, LLP,
Defending Best Interests, Fort Lauderdale, for Statewide
Guardian ad Litem.
January 5, 2025

2
P ER C URIAM.
A FFIRMED.
MAKAR, E DWARDS, 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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