N.F., Father of N.F., Jr., a Child v. Department of Children and Families

Opinion

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

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Case No. 5D2025-1756 LT Case No. 2024-DP-000008

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N.F., FATHER of N.F., JR., A CHILD,

Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT of CHILDREN and FAMILIES,

Appellee.

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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County. Stephen E. Toner, Jr., Judge.

Noel Figueroa, Spring Hill, 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, Appellant Division, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Adam Matthew Topel, of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, of Pro Bono Guardian ad Litem Office, Tampa, for Guardian ad Litem Program.

January 13, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

WALLIS, SOUD, and KILBANE, JJ., concur.

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

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