D. CHILDREN v. CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERV.

No. 4D01-1644.

820 So.2d 980 (2002)

D. CHILDREN, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen K. Peña of the Law Offices of Seiler & Sautter, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Laurel R. Wiley, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

We affirm an order declaring three children dependent. The children were ages three, two, and nine months, all at home, prior to the mother bringing the nine-month-old girl to the emergency room where the examining pediatrician found anal trauma, indicative of penetration.

The police investigated, have not been able to identify who caused the injury, and the criminal investigation remains open. The department filed a petition to terminate parental...

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