FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2025-2058 LT Case No. 42-2021-DP-000098 _____________________________ T.F., FATHER OF T.V., A CHILD, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County.

Stacy Morris Youmans, Judge.

Jeffrey M. Harper, of Harper Law, Gainesville, for Appellant.

Rachel Batten, of Department of Children and Families, Brooksville, for Appellee.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, Tallahassee, and Kristie L. Hatcher-Bolin, of Gray Robinson, P.A., Lakeland, for Statewide Guardian ad Litem.

November 26, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

MAKAR, SOUD, and BOATWRIGHT, JJ., concur.

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