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IN RE C.S.

No. 2D04-1432.

892 So.2d 1155 (2005)

In the Interest of C.S., J.S., and S.S., Children. J.S., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Christopher Perrone, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

J.S. contends the evidence was insufficient to support an order adjudicating his three children dependent. We agree and reverse.

The Department of Children and Family Services filed dependency petitions against both J.S. and the children's mother. The mother did not contest the dependency. After a hearing on the petition against the father, the circuit court found that he had abandoned the children. The court also noted that the father had...

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