Court Opinion

ID: 9942513
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Date Created: 2024-02-21 15:03:14.759274+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:48:11.276148
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
                       SECOND DISTRICT

                 In the Interest of N.E.J., a minor child.

                                   S.J.,

                                Appellant,

                                    v.

             DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
               and GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM,

                                Appellees.

                             No. 2D23-2277

                           February 21, 2024

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Emily A.
Peacock, Judge.

Thomas J. Butler of Thomas Butler, P.A., Miami Beach; and Clay W.
Oberhausen of Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel,
Sarasota, for Appellant.

Mary Soorus, Appellate Counsel, Children's Legal Services, Tampa, for
Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, Tallahassee;
Laura J. Lee, Assistant Director of Appeals, Tallahassee; and Stephanie
E. Novenario, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division of Statewide Guardian
ad Litem Office, Tallahassee (substituted as counsel of record), and Beth
Kathryn Roland of Family First Firm, Statewide Guardian ad Litem
Office, Defending Best Interests Project, Winter Park, for Appellee
Guardian ad Litem Program.

PER CURIAM.

     Affirmed.

NORTHCUTT, VILLANTI, and KHOUZAM, JJ., Concur.

Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.

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