Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed July 27, 2016.
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No. 3D16-0875
Lower Tribunal No. 12-15333
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B.V., the mother,
Appellant,
vs.
Department of Children & Families, et al.,
Appellees.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Martin Zilber,
Judge.
Eugene F. Zenobi, Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third
Region, and Kevin Coyle Colbert, Assistant Regional Counsel, for appellant.
Karla Perkins, Appellate Counsel for Department of Children & Families;
Laura J. Lee (Sanford), Appellate Counsel for Guardian ad Litem Program, for
appellees.
Before SHEPHERD, ROTHENBERG and LOGUE, JJ.
SHEPHERD, J.
CONFESSION OF ERROR
Based on the Department of Children and Families’ commendable
confession of error, and our independent review of the record, we reverse and
remand this case for the trial court to make specific findings of fact in its
permanent guardianship order, stating the reasons why the child’s mother is not fit
to care for the child and why reunification is not possible, as required under section
39.6221(2)(a) of the Florida Statutes (2015).
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