FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D23-2951 LT Case No. 2023-10331-CJDL _____________________________ N.C., MOTHER OF D.S. and M.A., CHILDREN, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County.

Linda L. Gaustad, Judge.

Tiffany Gatesh Fearing, of Suncoast Legal Group, P.L., Spring Hill, for Appellant.

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

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee, Assistant Director of Appeals, of the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Ian Edward Waldick, of Parker Hudson Rainer & Dodds, LLP, Tallahassee, for the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office.

February 16, 2024 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

EISNAUGLE, SOUD, and KILBANE, JJ., concur.

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