Case Name: B.V., the mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-07-27
Citations: 197 So. 3d 623
Docket Number: No. 3D16-0875
Parties: B.V., the mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before SHEPHERD, ROTHENBERG and LOGUE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 197
Pages: 623–623

Head Matter:
B.V., the mother, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, et al., Appellees.
No. 3D16-0875.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 27, 2016.
Eugene F. Zenobi, Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region, and Kevin Coyle Colbert, Assistant Regional Counsel, for appellant.
Karla Perkins, Appellate Counsel for Department of Children & Families; Laura J. Lee, Sanford, Appellate Counsel for Guardian ad Litem Program, for appellees.
Before SHEPHERD, ROTHENBERG and LOGUE, JJ.

Opinion:
SHEPHERD, J.
CONFESSION OF ERROR
Based on the Department of Children and Families' commendable confession of error, and our independent review of the record, we reverse and remand this case for the trial court to make specific findings of fact in its permanent guardianship order, stating the reasons why the child's mother is not fit to care for the child and why reunification is not possible, as required under section 39.6221(2)(a) of the Florida Statutes (2016).