R.H., Mother of N.F., Jr., a Child v. Department of Children and Families

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2025-1861 LT Case No. 2024-DP-000008 _____________________________ R.H., MOTHER of N.F., JR., A CHILD, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT of CHILDREN and FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County.

Stephen E. Toner, Jr., Judge.

Ronda Hawkins, Quincy, pro se.

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

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, and Laura J. Lee, Assistant Director of Appeals, of Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Adam Matthew Topel, of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, of Pro Bono Guardian ad Litem, Tampa, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

January 13, 2026 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

WALLIS, 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. _____________________________