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IN RE I.A.

No. 2D02-5523.

857 So.2d 310 (2003)

In the Interest of I.A., a minor child. G.A., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alyssa L. Katz of Michael P. Maddux, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tanya E. DiFilippo, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

WHATLEY, Judge.

G.A., the father, appeals an order adjudicating his daughter, I.A., dependent. The order was entered after the trial court found G.A. in default for his failure to appear. We reverse.

On October 30, 2002, the Department of Children and Family Services (Department) filed its petition alleging that I.A. was dependent, and the case was set for arraignment on December 3, 2002, at 9:00 a.m. The transcript of the arraignment hearing reflects that...

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