D.W., FATHER OF A.W., A CHILD
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Fla. 5th DCA | 2026-08-21
No. 2026-1137
King, J., Lambert, J., Boatwright, J., MacIver, J.
2026 FL 10762 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2026)

AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.


Holding

The trial court's order is affirmed.


Facts & Procedural History

This is a dependency case involving D.W., the father of a child A.W., and the Department of Children and Families.…

The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.


Per_curiam
Per Curiam

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 5D2026-1137 LT Case No. 2025-DP-000223

D.W., Father of A.W., a child, Appellant,

V.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND

FAMILIES, Appellee.

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County. Brad King, Judge.

Shannon L. Reynolds, Ocala, for Appellant.

Rachel Batten, Appellate Attorney, 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 Statewide Guardian ad Litem, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

August 21, 2026

LAMBERT, BOATWRIGHT, and MACIVER, JJ., concur.


Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus

Full citator, related cases, and AI research tools

Open in FLexlaw