District Court of Appeal of Florida
M.C. v. Dep't of Children & Family Servs., 2D05-3833
An order adjudicating a child dependent as to a father is reversed where the trial court's finding of a nexus between the sexual abuse of a half-sister and the adjudication of the child at issue as a dependent child was not supported by competent, substantial evidence in the record.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/30/2006
- Published 08/30/2006
Judges
- SEALS, JAMES H., Associate Judge.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Ingrid Anderson, Clearwater, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Christopher Perone, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee, Department of Children and Family Services., Patricia M. Propheter, Orlando, for Appellee, Guardian ad Litem Program.