FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-0491 LT Case No. 2021-DP-114 _____________________________ R.E.L.S., Father of R.E.L.S., and A.J.S., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County.

Richard A. Howard, Judge.

David J. Joffe, of Joffe Law, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant.

Karla Perkins, B.C.S., Appellate Counsel, of Department of Children and Families, Miami, for Appellee.

Jamie Billotte Moses, B.C.S., of Holland & Knight, LLP, Orlando, and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem o/b/o R.E.L.S. and A.J.S.

July 9, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

EDWARDS, C.J., and KILBANE and PRATT, JJ., concur.

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