IN RE B.C.

No. 2D05-3833.

936 So.2d 764 (2006)

In the Interest of B.C., a child. M.C., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ingrid Anderson, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Christopher Perone, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee, Department of Children and Family Services.

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


SEALS, JAMES H., Associate Judge.

M.C., the father of B.C., appeals the trial court's order adjudicating B.C. dependent as to him. We are asked to determine whether the trial court erred in finding prospective harm to one child based upon the sexual abuse of another child. We conclude there is a lack of competent, substantial evidence to support a finding of dependency and reverse the trial court's adjudication of dependency.

M.C. is married to T.C. They are...

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