W.L. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

No. 1D00-878.

776 So.2d 339 (2001)

W.L. and S.L., Parents of M.L., a child, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy H. Wells, Bonifay, for Appellants.

Catherine A. Healey, of Child Welfare Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In this dependency action, the trial judge declared M.L. a dependent child based in part on the holding of In the Interest of M.F. and M.F. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, 742 So.2d 490, 491 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999), which states that a court can adjudicate a father's natural children dependent based solely upon the father's conviction for sexual abuse of another child. Because the supreme court has...

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