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IN RE J.L.

No. 2D08-4744.

15 So.3d 866 (2009)

In the Interest of J.L., a child. W.L., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 31, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson S. Flyte, Regional Counsel, Second District, Bartow, and James P. Harris, Jr., Special Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Tampa, for Appellant.

Bernie McCabe, State Attorney, and Lori O'Connell, Assistant State Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellee, Department of Children and Family Services.

Ama N. Appiah, Orlando, for Appellee, Guardian ad Litem Program.

CRENSHAW, Judge.

W.L., the Father, appeals the final order terminating the parental rights to his son, J.L., who was almost seven years old at the time of the termination hearing.1 We reverse because the Department of Children and Families failed to present clear and convincing evidence to support the two grounds for termination listed in the trial court's order.

We acknowledge that "parents...

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