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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2026-0660 LT Case No. 54-2025-DP-57 _____________________________ B.M., Mother of M.M., Jr., J.M., and E.M., Minor Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Putnam County. Rose Marie K. Preddy, Judge. Richard F. Joyce, Special Assistant Regional Counsel, of Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant. Rachel Batten, of Children’s Legal Services, Brooksville, for Appellee. Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Jaime Michelle Generazzo, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Allison J. McCabe, of Defending Best Interests, Port Orange, for Guardian ad Litem o/b/o E.M., J.M., and M.M., Jr. August 26, 2026 PER CURIAM. B.M., the Mother of M.M., Jr., J.M., and E.M., appeals the trial court’s order adjudging these three children dependent and placing them in foster care. For the reasons we discussed in the Father’s related appeal in Case No. 5D2026-0461, we affirm. AFFIRMED. MAKAR and SOUD, JJ., concur. MACIVER, J., dissents with opinion. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ 2 Case No. 5D2026-0660 L.T. Case No. 2025-DP-000057 MACIVER, J., dissenting with opinion. For the reasons I discussed in the Father’s related appeal in Case No. 5D2026-0461, I dissent. 3