*1 NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT In the Interest of E.L.-S., a child. )

)

) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND )

FAMILIES, )

)

Petitioner, ) )

v. ) Case No. 2D17-1385

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J.G., W.K., and GUARDIAN AD LITEM )

PROGRAM, )

)

Respondents. ) ) Opinion filed September 15, 2017.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the

Circuit Court for Pinellas County;

Patrice W. Moore, Judge.

Bernie McCabe, State Attorney, and

Leslie M. Layne, Assistant State Attorney,

Clearwater, for Petitioner.

Corey Linick of Law Office of Corey D.

Linick, P.A., Lutz, for Respondent J.G.

Ita M. Neymotin, Regional Counsel, Fort

Myers, Ngozi C. Acholonu, Assistant

Regional Counsel, Clearwater and Joseph

Thye Sexton, Assistant Regional Counsel,

Bartow for Respondent W.K.

Wendie M. Cooper and David Paul Krupski,

Sanford, for Respondent

Guardian ad Litem Program.

PER CURIAM.

The petitioner's petition for writ of certiorari is denied.

SILBERMAN, BLACK, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.

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