FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D23-3740 LT Case No. 2022-DP-021 _____________________________ J.C., FATHER OF G.C., A CHILD, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County.

Stephen E. Toner, Jr., Judge.

Scott T. Smith, of The Law Office of Scott T. Smith, PA, Brooksville, for Appellant.

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

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

April 3, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

SOUD, KILBANE, and MACIVER, JJ., concur.

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