IN RE C.M.

No. 2D01-4145.

844 So.2d 765 (2003)

In the Interest of C.M., C.M., and Z.M., minor children. C.M., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro Amador, Jr., Tampa, for Appellant.

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


KELLY, Judge.

C.M. (the father) appeals from the order adjudicating his biological children, C.M., C.M. and Z.M., dependent. The trial court found that the father had "an anger management problem" and had used "inappropriate parenting approaches" when he became angry, and as a result had harmed his children. The father argues that the Department's evidence was legally insufficient to warrant an adjudication of dependency. We agree and reverse.

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