V.M. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 4D05-3431.

922 So.2d 1085 (2006)

V.M., the Father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara D. Stull, Hobe Sound, for appellant.

Pilar Harris, Fort Pierce, for appellee.


STEVENSON, C.J.

This appeal arises from a final order terminating the parental rights of V.M. ("the Father") regarding his minor child ("the child"), born January 11, 2000. For the reasons explained herein, we reverse.

DCF originally filed a Verified Petition for Adjudication of Dependency on September 13, 2001, due to repeated criminal problems with the child's mother and the incarceration of the Father. The child was never adjudicated dependent, but on November...

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