L.K. v. Department of Children & Family Services

VILLANTI, Judge.

L.K., the Mother, appeals the trial court’s order that terminated protective supervision and awarded permanent custody of her daughter, A.F., to the child’s father. She argues that the trial court erred by entering this order without determining whether she had substantially complied with her case plan and without considering the best interests of the child. Both the Department of Children and Family Services and the Guardian ad Li-tem have conceded error based on the plain language of section 39.522(2), Florida Statutes (2007), which provides that “[i]n cases where the issue…