SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 6D23-2395 Lower Tribunal No. 2017DP-000153 _____________________________ In the Interest of D.L.B., a child.

D.B., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, Appellees. _____________________________ Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County.

Kelly P. Butz, Judge.

January 30, 2024 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

STARGEL, NARDELLA and MIZE, JJ., concur.

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

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

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

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED