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R.U. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

No. 4D00-1586.

777 So.2d 1153 (2001)

R.U., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristine M. Johnson of Kristine M. Johnson, P.A., Pembroke Pines, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William M. Wittman, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

GROSS, J.

R.U. ("father") timely appeals an order granting the Department of Children and Families' dependency petition for R.U.'s daughter, K.U., whom the Department claimed was in danger of prospective abuse based on the father's alleged history of sexual abuse with K.U.'s half-sister, N.M. We reverse, holding that the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence the hearsay statements of N.M. to her counselor, since there was no "other corroborative evidence...

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