E.R. v. Department of Children & Family Services

E.R., (“the father”), and the Guardian Ad Litem program (“GAL”), appeal the trial court’s order terminating the father’s parental rights to his two children. We reverse because the trial court’s order is not supported by competent, substantial evidence.

The Department of Children and Family Services, (“DCF”), removed the children from the mother’s custody after a domestic violence incident between the mother and her new paramour. DCF placed the children with their father.

A month later, the father brought the children to DCF for a supervised visit with their mother. The DCF counselor observed…