FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2025-1855 LT Case No. 42-2021-DP-000095 _____________________________ S.V., MOTHER OF E.V., J.V., R.V., T.V., and C.V., 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 Department of Children and Families, Brooksville, for Appellee.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of, Statewide Guardian ad Litem, Tallahassee, and Allison J. McCabe, of Statewide Guadian ad Litem Office Defending Best Interests, Port Orange, 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. _____________________________