FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2024-0107 _____________________________ DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, Appellants, v. S.C., Father, and M.C., Mother, Appellees. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County.

David J. Oberliesen, Judge.

May 28, 2024 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

ROBERTS, ROWE, and RAY, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Sarah J. Rumph, Appellate Counsel, Children’s Legal Services, Tallahassee; Andrew McGinley, Florida Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee; Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb and Amanda Victoria Glass, Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Program, Tallahassee; Richard Hinds, Children’s Legal Services, Crestview, for Appellants.

Michael Ray Goodson. Fort Walton Beach; Stephen Joseph Ryan of Risen & Ryan, P.A., Fort Walton Beach; Kyle Steven Bauman of Anchors Smith Grimsley, Fort Walton Beach, for Appellees.