Department of Children and Families v. J.F.

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT January Term 2007 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellant, v. IN THE INTEREST OF J.F., Appellee. No. 4D06-4896 [June 27, 2007] SHAHOOD, J. This is an appeal by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) from a final order on permanency review terminating protective supervision. We reverse and remand. The issue involved is whether the trial court erred in denying the goal of adoption, accepting a goal of permanent guardianship, placing the child with a non-relative, and terminating protective supervision. Based on the record before us we find that the trial court failed to follow the statutory procedural requirements necessary before issuing a judicial review order determining the child s status. We therefore reverse and remand for the trial court to provide findings as to why the permanent placement is established without adoption of the child to follow pursuant to section 39.621(6), Florida Statutes (2006); amend the judicial review order to be in compliance with section 39.6221(2), Florida Statutes (2006); amend the judicial review order to reflect the amendment to the case plan; and withdraw the permanent placement of the child with the non-relative until the child has been in the placement for not less than the preceding six months pursuant to section 39.6221(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2006). Reversed and Remanded. GROSS and MAY, JJ., concur. * * * Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; John B. Bowman, Judge; L.T. Case No. 93-3050 CJDP. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeffrey P. Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. Roger Ally of Law Offices of Roger Ally, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing -2-

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