H.O., III, FATHER OF H.J.O., H.C.O., IV, J.A.O., S.O., AND R.O.-Y., CHILDREN
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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The trial court's order is affirmed.
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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 5D2025-3237 LT Case No. 2022-DP-000166
H.O., III, Father of H.J.O., H.C.O., IV, J.A.O., S.O., and R.O.-Y., CHILDREN,
Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT of CHILDREN and FAMILIES,
Appellee.
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Citrus County. Richard A. Howard, Judge.
Homer C. Osbon, III, Lecanto, pro se.
Rachel Batten, of Children's Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Brooksville, for Appellee.
Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of Guardian ad Litem, Tallahassee, and Rebecca A. Rodriguez, Sophie M. Labarge, and Esther A. Veloz, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, for Guardian ad Litem Program.
May 21, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
MAKAR, WALLIS, and BOATWRIGHT, JJ., concur.