C. M. AND ELLEN M. KAPLAN, ESQ. INTERVENOR/ADOPTION ENTITY vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT In the Interest of O.F., a child. ) ___________________________________) ) C.M. and ELLEN KAPLAN, ESQ., ) INTERVENOR/ADOPTION ENTITY, ) Appellants, ) ) v. ) ) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND ) FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD ) LITEM PROGRAM, ) ) Appellees. ) ___________________________________) Opinion filed December 22, 2017. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Collier County; Joseph G. Foster, Judge. Ita M. Neymotin, Regional Counsel, Second District, and Joseph Thye Sexton, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Bartow, for Appellant C.M. Ellen M. Kaplan of The Law Offices of Ellen Kaplan, P.A., Coral Springs, for Appellant Intervenor/Adoption Entity. Meredith K. Hall, Bradenton, for Appellee Department of Children and Families. Thomasina F. Moore, Sanford, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program. Case No. 2D17-1410 PER CURIAM. Affirmed. LaROSE, C.J., and NORTHCUTT and CRENSHAW, JJ., Concur. -2-

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