District Court of Appeal of Florida
S.G. v. Dep't of Children & Family Servs., 2D06-3136
An order adjudicating mother's five children dependent is reversed where the trial court erred in concluding that she had neglected the children by allowing a man who was two months out of prison to spend nights in her home and have a relationship with her children, as such acts did not constitute neglect as a matter of law, and any harm to the children was caused by the felon's heat-of-passion crime of shooting into mother's apartment after she ended their relationship.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/26/2007
- Published 01/26/2007
Judges
- STRINGER, Judge.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Harold E. Barker, Lakeland, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Douglas B. Sherman, Department of Children and Families, Bartow, for Appellee.