M.F.G. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

No. 97-3539.

723 So.2d 290 (1998)

In the Interest of M.F.G., et al., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, The State of Florida, and The Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett Brummer, Public Defender, and Calianne P. Lantz, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robin Greene, Miami, for appellee, The Department of Children and Families.

Nancy Schleifer, Miami, for appellee, The Guardian Ad Litem Program.

Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and SHEVIN, JJ.


GERSTEN, Judge.

The natural mother ("D.H.G.") appeals an order terminating her parental rights with respect to her son and adjudicating her daughter dependent. She argues that the State failed to produce sufficient evidence of prospective risk of neglect to support the court's remedies. We disagree and affirm.

In 1994, the Department of Children and Families ("the department") initiated dependency proceedings for D.H.G.'s son after the child's father sexually...

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