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IN INTEREST OF P.S.

No. 2D01-4524.

825 So.2d 530 (2002)

In the Interest of P.S., a child. F.S.G., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather M. Gray, Riverview, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tanya E. DiFilippo, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

DAVIS, Judge.

F.S.G., the father of the minor child, P.S., challenges the trial court's order adjudicating the child dependent. We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting proof of a prior 1993 DUI incident and in declaring this child dependent. Because the record does not demonstrate that the child was at substantial risk of imminent abuse, abandonment, or neglect as a result of the father's actions, we reverse. See § 39.01(14...

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