FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D23-2363 LT Case No. 2022-30175-CJCI _____________________________ M. A., FATHER OF L.A., A CHILD, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT of CHILDREN and FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County.

A. Kathleen McNeilly, Judge.

Amanda Peterson, of the Law Offices of Peterson, P.A., Mulberry, for Appellant.

Rachel Batten, of Children’s Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Brooksville, for Appellee.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Caitlin E. Burke, Senior Attorney, of Guardian ad Litem, Tallahassee, and Douglas J. Glaid, of Guardian ad Litem, Fort Lauderdale, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

November 21, 2023

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

EDWARDS, C.J., and WALLIS and MACIVER, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________