FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D23-2237 LT Case No. 2021-DP-001236 _____________________________ GUARDIAN AD LITEM STATEWIDE, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND S.P.S., MOTHER OF M.L.S., C.L.S., A.L.S., A.L.S., S.Q.S., AND A.Q.S., CHILDREN, AND S.Q.S., A CHILD, Appellees. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County.

Kelly McKibben, Judge.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Richard F. Joyce, Special Assistant Regional Counsel, of Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel 5th District, Casselberry, for S.P.S, Mother of M.L.S., C.L.S., A.L.S., A.L.S., S.Q.S., and A.Q.S., Children.

David J. Reimel, III, of Brevard County Legal Aid, Rockledge, for Appellee, S.Q.S., a Child.

Bernard P. Perlmutter, of University of Miami School of Law Children & Youth Law Clinic, Coral Gables, Amicus Curiae for S.Q.S., a Child, in support of Appellee.

January 22, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

JAY, HARRIS, and KILBANE, JJ., concur.

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