Case Name: In the Interest of G.C., a child. T.C., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-09-18
Citations: 136 So. 3d 616
Docket Number: No. 2D13-2080
Parties: In the Interest of G.C., a child. T.C., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee.
Judges: KHOUZAM and CRENSHAW, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 136
Pages: 616–617

Head Matter:
In the Interest of G.C., a child. T.C., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee.
No. 2D13-2080.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Sept. 18, 2013.
Ita M. Neymotin, Regional Counsel, Second District, and Joseph Thye Sexton, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Bartow, for Appellant.
Stephanie C. Zimmerman, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
SLEET, Judge.
T.C., the father of G.C., appeals the trial court's order placing minor child in a permanent guardianship and terminating protective supervision, which placed G.C. in a permanent guardianship, and terminated supervision by the Department of Children and Family Services. The Department correctly concedes error because the case plan improperly requires the father to admit to having caused harm to the minor child before reunification can take place in contravention to section 39.6011(1), Florida Statutes (2012).
We also agree with the Department's concession of error that the trial court's order was not supported by competent, substantial evidence. See C.A. v. Dep't of Children & Families, 988 So.2d 1247, 1248-49 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) ("[P]laeement of a child in a permanent guardianship requires a finding by the trial court that reunification . is not in the best interests of the child, and that finding must be supported by competent substantial evidence.") Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's order and remand for further proceedings.
Reversed and remanded.
KHOUZAM and CRENSHAW, JJ., Concur.