N.B., Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (2026)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

N.B., Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 3D25-2253

Decided: September 24, 2026

Before MILLER, BOKOR and GOODEN, JJ.

N.B., in proper person. Rosemarie Lynne Rinaldi, Assistant Regional Legal Counsel, for appellee.

Affirmed. See § 120.68(7), (8), Fla. Stat. (2025); Sunset Harbour Condo. Ass'n v. Robbins, 914 So. 2d 925, 928 (Fla. 2005) (holding that it is “not appropriate for a party to raise an issue for the first time on appeal”); Tillman v. State, 471 So. 2d 32, 35 (Fla. 1985) (“In order to be preserved for further review by a higher court, an issue must be presented to the lower court and the specific legal argument or ground to be argued on appeal or review must be part of that presentation if it is to be considered preserved.”); Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (“In appellate proceedings the decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error.”).

PER CURIAM.

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