IN INTEREST OF K.V.

Case No. 2D06-533.

939 So.2d 200 (2006)

In the Interest of K.V., a child. R.V., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES and GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed October 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Dee, Tampa, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tanya E. DiFilippo, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

Patricia M. Propheter, Orlando, for Appellee Guardian Ad Litem Program.


VILLANTI, Judge.

R.V., the Father, appeals the trial court's order declaring his daughter, K.V., dependent as to him. Because the Department of Children and Family Services failed to present any evidence that the Father poses a present threat of harm to K.V., we reverse.

The facts at the adjudicatory hearing established that K.V.'s mother (not a party to this appeal) had abandoned the family and that the Father and K.V. were living with the paternal grandparents...

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