A.A. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 5D04-3674.

908 So.2d 585 (2005)

A.A., Mother of C.M., a Child, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Thomas Truskoski, of Ryan Thomas Truskoski, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Charles D. Peters, Orlando, for Appellee.


SAWAYA, J.

The issue we must resolve is whether substantial competent evidence exists in the record to support the trial court's dependency order finding that the corporal discipline administered to the child, C.M., by his brother, at the direction of the mother, A.A., was sufficiently excessive or abusive to cause harm. We reverse.

The record reveals that C.M., a child prescribed several medications for various psychiatric disorders, is a member of a family...

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