C.C. v. Department of Children & Family Services

WHATLEY, Judge.

C.C. appeals the order terminating his parental rights to A.D.C., who was one and a half years old at the time of the termi*721nation hearing. We reverse because the Department of Children and Families failed to present clear and convincing evidence to support the three grounds for termination cited in the trial court’s order.

One of the grounds for termination of C.C.’s parental rights cited by the trial court is that set forth in section 39.806(l)(d), Florida Statutes (2001). That statute allows for termination where a parent’s incarceration in a state correctional institution…