C.W. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D00-2003.

789 So.2d 497 (2001)

C.W., as Parent of N.W., et al., Appellant, v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. William Lyng, III, of R. William Lyng, P.A., Kissimmee, for Appellant.

Susan E. Burr, Child Welfare Legal Services, Department of Children and Families, Kissimmee, for Appellee.


PLEUS, J.

The father challenges an order declaring his four children dependent as to him based on a finding of prospective neglect or abuse.

The Department of Children and Families ("the Department") filed its petition for dependency against both parents. The dependency as to the mother was declared moot by the trial court upon the concession of the Department that the mother was a non-offending parent. At the conclusion of the trial, the court found the children...

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