M. W. v. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 6D2025-1997 Lower Tribunal No. 2024-DP-000013 _____________________________ In the Interest of J.W., a child.

M.W., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM, Appellees.

_____________________________ Appeal from the Circuit Court for Osceola County.

Tom Young, Judge.

January 6, 2026 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

TRAVER, C.J., and NARDELLA and PRATT, JJ., concur.

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

Kelley Schaeffer, Appellate Counsel, of Children’s Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee, Department of Children and Families.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Appellee, Guardian ad Litem.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED