V.A. v. Department of Children & Families & Guardian Ad Litem Program

Upon consideration of appellee’s concession of error, which we find to be correct, the disposition order issued by the circuit court is reversed and the cause is remanded to that court for a disposition hearing, to allow the father to be represented by counsel or waive counsel, if he chooses. If the father again waives counsel, the trial court must question the father in sufficient detail to ascertain that the waiver is made knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily, and make its findings in writing. See § 39.013(9)(a), Fla. Stat. (2012); see also A.G. v. Florida Dep’t. of Children & Families,…