FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-1665 LT Case No. 2020-DP-000147-A _____________________________ S.M., FATHER of M.M., a CHILD, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT of CHILDREN and FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County.

Richard A. Howard, Judge.

Keith Peterson, Law Offices of Peterson, P.A., Mulberry, for Appellant.

Andrew Feigenbaum, of Children’s Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, West Palm Beach, for Appellee.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Blake Lynne Bruce, Senior Attorney, of Guardian ad Litem, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

October 16, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

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

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