FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2025-2264 LT Case No. 42-2022-DP-000248 _____________________________ J.K., FATHER OF E.J.K., and L.V.K., CHILDREN, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County.

Stacy Morris Youmans, Judge.

Carl New, Ocala, for Appellant.

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

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, Tallahassee, and Alejandro F. Garcia, Pro Bono for the Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Coral Gables, for Guardian ad Litem.

November 7, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

HARRIS, 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. _____________________________