J.D.S, THE FATHER vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT J.D.S. the father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM, Appellees. No. 4D20-1675 [November 19, 2020] Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Shari Africk-Olefson, Judge; L.T. Case No. 19000371DP. Sean Conway, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carolyn Schwarz, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Department of Children and Families. Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals and Samantha Costas Valley, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Program, Tallahassee, o/b/o N.D.S. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. GERBER and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., and NUTT, JAMES, Associate Judge, concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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