J.D., THE FATHER vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT J.D., the father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM, Appellees. No. 4D18-1358 [August 9, 2018] Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Hope Tieman Bristol, Judge; L.T. Case No. 2016-5021 DP. Antony P. Ryan, Regional Counsel, and Paul O'Neil, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Stephanie L. Serafin of Kreusler-Walsh, Vargas & Serafin, P.A., West Palm Beach, Thomasina Moore and Laura J. Lee, Tallahassee, for appellee Guardian Ad Litem Program. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carolyn Schwarz, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Department of Children & Families. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. GERBER, C.J., WARNER and KUNTZ, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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