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 J.J.N., a child, ) ___________________________________) ) A.H., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D18-3876 ) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND ) FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM ) PROGRAM, ) ) Appellees. ) ___________________________________) Opinion filed December 19, 2018.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Kim Hernandez Vance, Judge.

David A. Dee, Tampa, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary Soorus, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee, Department of Children and Families.

Thomasina Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee; and John E.

Thornton, Jr., Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Defending Best Interests Project, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Miami, Co-Counsel for Guardian ad Litem for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

KHOUZAM, SLEET, and SALARIO, JJ., Concur.

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