Case ID: so3d_155/html/1279-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

P.C., the Father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and Guardian Ad Litem, Appellees.
    No. 4D14-2803.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Feb. 11, 2015.
    Denise E. Kistner of Law Offices of Denise E. Kistner, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
    Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carolyn Schwarz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee Department of Children and Families.
    Patricia Murphy Propheter, Sanford, for appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.
   PER CURIAM.

The father argues that the circuit court erred in terminating his parental rights to his son: (1) without competent, substantial evidence of the grounds alleged by the Department of Children and Families under sections 39.806(l)(c), 39.806(l)(e)l., and 39.806(l)(b), Florida Statutes (2012); (2) without making statutorily-required findings of fact and conclusions of law; and (3) because termination of his parental rights was not the least restrictive means to protect his son from harm.

We affirm as to the second and third arguments without discussion. On the first argument, we conclude that competent, substantial evidence did not support the grounds alleged under section 39.806(l)(b). However, we conclude that competent, substantial evidence supported the grounds alleged under sections 39.806(l)(c) and 39.806(l)(e)l., and that such evidence was sufficient to support the termination of parental rights.

Therefore, we affirm the termination of parental rights, but with instructions to the circuit court to amend the final judgment to indicate in its conclusions of law that the termination was based on the grounds alleged under sections 39.806(l)(c) and 39.806(l)(e)l., and not on the grounds alleged under section 39.806(l)(b).

Affirmed with instructions.

WARNER, CIKLIN and GERBER, JJ„ concur.