Opinion
Case No. 5D19-3474
05-28-2020
JULIANA GAITA, P.A., ADOPTION ENTITY, AND K.S., FATHER OF J.S., A CHILD, Appellant, v. J.F., MOTHER OF J.S., A CHILD, Appellee.
Juliana Gaita and Lisa Weber, of Juliana Gaita, P.A., Boca Raton, for Appellant Juliana Gaita, P.A., Adoption Entity. Joseph Matthew Fazio, Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Daytona Beach, for Appellant K.S. Ellen M. Kaplan, of The Law Offices of Ellen M. Kaplan, PA, Coral Springs, Amicus Curiae for Florida Adoption Council, In Support of Appellant. Justin D. Loach, of J.D. Loach Attorney at Law, Inc., Daytona, Beach, for Appellee. Ward L. Metzger, Appellate Counsel, Children's Legal Services, Jacksonville, for Florida Department of Children and Families. Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, Joanna Summers Brunell, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, and Dennis W. Moore, General Counsel, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem Program.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED Appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County, A. Kathleen McNeilly, Judge. Juliana Gaita and Lisa Weber, of Juliana Gaita, P.A., Boca Raton, for Appellant Juliana Gaita, P.A., Adoption Entity. Joseph Matthew Fazio, Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Daytona Beach, for Appellant K.S. Ellen M. Kaplan, of The Law Offices of Ellen M. Kaplan, PA, Coral Springs, Amicus Curiae for Florida Adoption Council, In Support of Appellant. Justin D. Loach, of J.D. Loach Attorney at Law, Inc., Daytona, Beach, for Appellee. Ward L. Metzger, Appellate Counsel, Children's Legal Services, Jacksonville, for Florida Department of Children and Families. Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, Joanna Summers Brunell, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, and Dennis W. Moore, General Counsel, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Guardian ad Litem Program. PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. EVANDER, C.J., ORFINGER and SASSO, JJ., concur.