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, ) ) ) D.C., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D20-1770 ) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN and ) FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM ) PROGRAM, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed September 25, 2020.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Cynthia Oster, Judge.

Shane McDonald, Naples; and Ita M.

Neymotin, Regional Counsel, Second District, and Clay W. Oberhausen, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of the Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Fort Myers, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Mary Soorus, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Joanna Summers Brunell, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, Tallahassee, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

CASANUEVA, SILBERMAN, and LUCAS, JJ., Concur.

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