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 E.M., a child. ) ) ) L.B., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D19-3107 ) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND ) FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM ) PROGRAM, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed December 6, 2019.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County; James V. Pierce, Acting Circuit Judge.

Ita M. Neymotin, Regional Counsel, Second District, and David C. Chafin, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Fort Myers, for Appellant.

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

Thomasina Moore and Joanna Summers Brunell, Appellate Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

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

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