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IN INTEREST OF L.D.J.

Case No. 2D18-378.

254 So.3d 645 (2018)

IN the INTEREST OF L.D.J., a child. M.W., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed September 14, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ita M. Neymotin , Regional Counsel, Fort Myers, and Joseph Thye Sexton , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Bartow, for Appellant.

Stephanie C. Zimmerman of Children's Legal Services, Bradenton, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Thomasina Moore and Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb of Guardian ad Litem Program, Sanford; and Karla D. Ellis of Law Office of Karla D. Ellis, Tallahassee, for Appellee Guardian Ad Litem Program.

M.W. (the Mother) appeals the trial court's order adjudicating her daughter L.D.J. (the Child) dependent. We affirm the court's ultimate adjudication of dependency because its finding regarding the Mother's substance abuse was supported by competent substantial evidence. However, we accept the Appellees' concession that the court...

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