M.G. v. Department of Children & Family Services

This is an appeal by M.G., a mother, of a trial court order terminating the Department of Children and Families’ (the Department) protective supervision over her minor child, R.G., and placing the child in permanent guardianship of the minor child’s older half-sister and her half-sister’s boyfriend. Although the record contains sufficient evidence to support the trial court’s ruling, we agree with the mother the written order is insufficient to meet the requirements of section 39.6221(2), Florida Statutes (2011), in two respects.

When a trial court places a minor child in a permanent…