FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D18-4997 _____________________________ A.M., Father of N.M., a Minor Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County.

David Gooding, Judge.

March 26, 2019

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

MAKAR, OSTERHAUS, and BILBREY, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Guy Victor Murray and Michael A. Tupper, Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger, Natalie Clayton, and Margaret McLendon, Jacksonville, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Sara Goldfarb and Thomasina F. Moore, Tallahassee, and Catherine M. Negaard, Jacksonville, for Appellee Guardian Ad Litem.