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IN RE T.H.

No. 2D07-2869.

979 So.2d 1075 (2008)

In the Interest of T.H., a child. T.H., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Melinda Barnes, as the guardian ad litem, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy B. Silva, Tampa, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kelley R. Schaeffer, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Tracy L. Ellis, Orlando, for Appellee Melinda Barnes.

VILLANTI, Judge.

T.H., the Father, appeals from the trial court's order terminating his parental rights to his son, T.D.H. We reverse.

To justify termination of parental rights, the Department has the burden to show "by clear and convincing evidence that reunification with the parent poses a substantial risk of significant harm to the child," such as abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Padgett v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs.,

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