R.P. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D06-3492.

945 So.2d 612 (2006)

R.P., the Father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth B. Williams, Coral Springs, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeffrey P. Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

R.P., the father, appeals the final order adjudicating his daughter, R.C., dependent. Because the order of adjudication was simply a verbatim recitation of the allegations of the Department of Children and Families' petition, many of which were unsupported by any evidence at trial and conflicted with the trial court's oral findings at the hearing, we vacate the order and remand for further proceedings.

At the conclusion of the adjudicatory hearing...

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