J. W.
v.
DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
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A circuit court's order terminating protective services and granting reunification must comply with the statutory requirements of sections 39.521(7) and 39.522, Florida Statutes.
[1] A circuit court's order terminating protective services and jurisdiction must comply with the requirements of section 39.521(7), Florida Statutes.
[2] A circuit court's order granting reunification of a child with a parent must comply with the requirements of section 39.522, Florida Statutes.
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
In the Interest of S.E., a child. ) ___________________________________) ) J.W., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D17-5088 )
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
) FAMILIES and GUARDIAN AD ) LITEM PROGRAM, ) ) Appellees. ) ___________________________________) Opinion filed June 20, 2018. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Caroline Tesche Arkin, Judge. Ita M. Neymotin, Regional Counsel, Second District, Fort Myers, and Marisa L. Gonzalez, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Tampa, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Mary Soorus, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Families. Thomasina F. Moore, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Laura J. Lee, Appellate Counsel, Sanford; and J. Logan Murphy of
Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.
PER CURIAM.
J.W., the father, appeals from the circuit court's amended order terminating protective services and jurisdiction, reunifying the child with the mother, and denying a motion for rehearing. He raises two issues on appeal. The Department of Children and Families (the Department) concedes error as to both issues, and the Guardian ad Litem Program (GALP) concedes error as to the first issue. We accept the Department's and the GALP's concessions of error to the extent they acknowledge that the circuit court failed to comply with the requirements of section 39.521(7), Florida Statutes (2017). We therefore reverse and remand the portion of the order that terminates the Department's supervision and the circuit court's jurisdiction. Furthermore, in ordering reunification of the mother with the child, the circuit court failed to comply with the requirements of section 39.522.1 KELLY, CRENSHAW, and BLACK, JJ., Concur. 1We note that the circuit court sua sponte ordered reunification of the mother with the child and that the issue of reunification was not before it at the time it did so. Because none of the parties have raised the issue of whether this was appropriate, we need not make that determination.