J.Z., MOTHER OF M.L.H., MINOR CHILD
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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The trial court's order in the dependency proceeding was affirmed.
J.Z., the mother of minor child M.L.H., appealed a circuit court decision in Marion County involving the Department of Children and Families in a depe…
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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 5D2026-0603 LT Case No. 42-2024-DP-141
J.Z., MOTHER of M.L.H., MINOR CHILD, Appellant,
V.
DEPARTMENT of CHILDREN and FAMILIES, Appellee.
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County. Stacy M. Youmans, Judge.
Jeffrey M. Harper, of Harper Legal Services, LLC, Gainesville, for Appellant.
Rachel Batten, of Children's Legal Services, Brooksville, for Appellee.
Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Amanda Victoria Glass, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM.
July 21, 2026
AFFIRMED. See A.M. v. Department of Children & Families, 223 So. 3d 312 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017).
JAY, C.J., and EDWARDS and MACIVER, JJ., concur.