P.J. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

No. 5D99-3481.

783 So.2d 1148 (2001)

P.J. as Parent of B.H., J.H., A.H., J.H., and B.J., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Kwas & Timothy A. Straus of Moyer, Straus & Patel, P.A., Altamonte Springs, for Appellant.

James A. Sawyer, Jr., of the Department of Children and Families, Orlando, for Appellee.


PALMER, J.

P.J. (mother) appeals the final order entered by the trial court terminating her parental rights to her five children. We agree with the mother that the trial court erred in failing to set forth any findings of fact in the termination order and in referencing an incorrect sub-section of the applicable statute. Accordingly, we vacate the order and remand this matter for entry of a proper order.

Section 39.809(5) of the Florida Statutes (1999) requires...

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