C.A. v. Department of Children & Families

The mother, C.A., appeals a trial court order placing her thirteen-year-old daughter in a permanent guardianship with the maternal grandparents and denying the mother’s motion for reunification. The Department of Children & Families concedes error as to the trial court’s failure to make specific written findings explaining why reunification was not possible. We accept this concession of error as proper because written findings are required by section 39.6221(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2009). Moreover, because we find that the record is devoid of competent substantial evidence to support the…