FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D23-2457 LT Case No. 2020-DP-000428 _____________________________ I.S.A., Father of I.S.C. and E.S.C., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County.

Stacy M. Youmans, Judge.

Carl New, Ocala, for Appellant.

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

Sara Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney of Appellate Division, of Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Jamie Billotte Moses, Co- Counsel for Guardian ad Litem Program, of Holland & Knight, LLP, Orlando, for Guardian ad Litem o/b/o I.S.C. and E.S.C.

December 4, 2023 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

MAKAR, SOUD, and BOATWRIGHT, JJ., concur.

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