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          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                         No. 1D19-3137
                 _____________________________ R.D., Father of S.D., A Minor Child,
    Appellant,
    v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,
    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Dixie County. Jennifer Johnson, Judge.
                         January 22, 2020

PER CURIAM.
    AFFIRMED. S.M. v. Fla. Dep’t of Children & Families, 

 (Fla. 2016); Dep’t of Children & Families v. J.S., 

 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016).

ROBERTS, ROWE, and BILBREY, JJ., concur.
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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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David Maldonado, Lakeland, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

John E. Thornton, Jr., Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Defending Best Interests Project, Coffey Burlington, P.L., Miami; Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem.