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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 6D2026-1117 Lower Tribunal No. 2025-DP-000275 _____________________________ In the Interest of D.T.S., a child. S.S., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM OFFICE, Appellees. _____________________________ Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County. Heather Pinder Rodriguez, Judge. November 3, 2026 PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. STARGEL, WHITE and MIZE, JJ., concur. Keith Peterson, of Law Offices of Peterson, P.A., Mulberry, for Appellant. Kelley Schaeffer, Appellate Counsel, of Children’s Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee, Department of Children and Families. Brian R. Gilchrist, of The Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association’s Guardian ad Litem Program and of Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee, Guardian ad Litem. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED