W. C.
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM
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The trial court's order in the dependency proceeding was affirmed.
This case involved two children, D.J.C. and D.L.C., in a dependency proceeding before the Circuit Court for Highlands County. W.C. appealed the trial …
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 6D2026-0408 Lower Tribunal No. 2025-DP-000028 In the Interest of D.J.C. and D.L.C, children,
W.C., Appellant,
V.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and STATEWIDE GUARDIAN AD LITEM, Appellees. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Highlands County. Peter F. Estrada, Judge.
June 15, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
WHITE, BROWNLEE and PRATT, JJ., concur. David Maldonado, of The Maldonado Law Firm, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellant. Meredith K. Hall, Appellate Counsel, of Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee, Department of Children and Families. Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee, Assistant Director of Appeals, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, and Kaila B. Preston, of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Tampa, for Appellee, Statewide Guardian ad Litem. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED