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

LaROSE, Judge.

G.M. appeals the order terminating his parental rights to his son, G.M., Jr. We have jurisdiction. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.146. The trial court found that G.M. failed to complete his case plan tasks and abandoned the child. The Department of Children and Family Services and the Guardian ad Litem Program properly con*926cede that termination was error. We reverse.

“[P]arents have a fundamental liberty interest in the care, custody, and management of their children.” J.R. v. Dep’t of Children & Family Servs., 923 So.2d 1201, 1205 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (citing Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S.…