FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-0133 LT Case No. 2023-DP-102 _____________________________ D.C., FATHER of G.C., a CHILD, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT of CHILDREN and FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Seminole County.

Melissa Souto, Judge.

Sara Howeller, Longwood, for Appellant.

Kelley Schaeffer, of Children’s Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Bradenton, for Appellee.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee, Assistant Director of Appeals, Tallahassee and Beth Kathryn Roland, of Guardian ad Litem, Family First Firm, Winter Park, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

May 28, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

WALLIS, SOUD, and MACIVER, JJ., concur.

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