T.J., Mother of A.M., and E.M., Children v. Department of Children and Families

Opinion

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

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Case No. 5D2026-0452 LT Case No. 2023-DP-000073

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T.J., MOTHER of A.M., and E.M., Children,

Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND CHILDREN,

Appellee.

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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Clay County. Angela M. Cox, Judge.

Natalie S. Kelley, of Law Office of Natalie S. Hall Kelley, Saint Augustine, for Appellant.

Sarah J. Rumph, of Children’s Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Appellee, Department of Children and Families.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Jaime Michelle Generazzo, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Adam Matthew Topel, pro bono, of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa, for Guardian ad Litem.

May 28, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

MAKAR, 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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