FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D23-3142 LT Case No. 2023-DP-057 _____________________________ S.M., FATHER OF S.M., JR., and S.M., CHILDREN, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County.

Stephen E. Toner, Jr., Judge.

Scott Timothy Smith, of The Law Office of Scott T. Smith, P.A., Brooksville, for Appellant.

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

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Kimberly Kanoff Berman, of Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Fort Lauderdale, for Guardian ad Litem, o/b/o S.M.J, & S.M.

February 1, 2024 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

WALLIS, HARRIS, and SOUD, JJ., concur.

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