F.B. v. Department of Children & Family Services

NORTHCUTT, Chief Judge.

F.B. has never personally seen his daughter, Z.L., who was born in 1998, but the whys and wherefores are not revealed in the record. In the absence of additional evidence, the circuit court erred in terminating F.B.’s parental rights. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

We note initially that, as conceded by both the Department of Children and Family Services and the Guardian ad Li-tem Program, the court’s termination order is legally insufficient because it contains only a conclusory statement that termination of F.B.’s parental rights would be…