NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

In the Interest of M.L, a child. ) ) ) J.M., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D18-619 ) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND ) FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM ) PROGRAM, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed July 27, 2018.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco County; James R. Stearns, Judge.

Timothy M. Beasley of The Beasley Law Firm, P.L., Pinellas Park, for Appellant.

Bernie McCabe, State Attorney, and Leslie M. Layne, Assistant State Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Elizabeth Siano Harris of Defending Best Interests Project, Harris Appellate Law Office, Mims; and Thomasina Moore, Tallahassee, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

SILBERMAN, BADALAMENTI, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.

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