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Date Created: 2023-04-19 15:03:13.98385+00
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Third District Court of Appeal
                               State of Florida

                         Opinion filed April 19, 2023.
       Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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                             No. 3D22-1732
                       Lower Tribunal No. 21-15477
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                            W.G., the Father,
                                  Appellant,

                                     vs.

           Department of Children and Families, et al.,
                                 Appellees.

     An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Angélica D.
Zayas, Judge.

     Thomas Butler, P.A., and Thomas J. Butler, for appellant.

      Karla Perkins, for appellee Department of Children & Families; Sara
Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee,
Assistant Director of Appeals (Tallahassee), for appellee Guardian ad Litem.

Before HENDON, GORDO, and LOBREE, JJ.

     PER CURIAM.
      Affirmed. See Fla. Dep’t of Child. & Families v. A.R., 253 So. 3d 1158,

1164 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (“Appellate review of a termination of parental

rights case is ‘highly deferential. . . . a finding that evidence is clear and

convincing enjoys a presumption of correctness and will not be overturned

on appeal unless clearly erroneous or lacking in evidentiary support.’”

(quoting C.G. v. Dep’t of Child. & Families, 67 So. 3d 1141, 1143 (Fla. 3d

DCA 2011))); J.E. v. Dep’t of Child. & Families, 126 So. 3d 424, 427 (Fla.

4th DCA 2013) (“While a trial court’s decision to terminate parental rights

must be based on clear and convincing evidence, our review is limited to

whether competent substantial evidence supports the trial court’s judgment.”

(quoting J.G. v. Dep’t of Child. & Families, 22 So. 3d 774, 775 (Fla. 4th DCA

2009))).

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