J.R.S. v. Department of Children & Families

ALTENBERND, Acting Chief Judge.

J.R.S., the father, appeals a judgment terminating his parental rights to his four-year-old child, Z.J.S.1 J.R., the paternal cousin of Z.J.S., and J.R.’s wife, V.R., appeal an order that denied their request to place Z.J.S. in their home after the trial court terminated the father’s parental rjghts. We have consolidated these two «jases for the purpose of this opinion. We reverse the judgment of termination because the trial court failed to identify a proper statutory basis for the termination. This reversal renders the cousins’ appeal moot.

When Z.J.S. was born…