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

DAVIS, Judge.

C.D., the natural mother of T.S., challenges the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to her son. C.D. argues that the Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) failed to prove that the prior terminations were involuntary as required by the statute. We agree and reverse the final judgment. See C.C. v. Dep’t of Children & Family Servs., 854 So.2d 720, 2003 WL 21973599 (Fla. 2d DCA Aug.20, 2003).

The trial court here based the termination of C.D.’s parental rights on section 39.806(l)(i), Florida Statutes (2001), which allows termination “[w]hen the parental…