C.J. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES

No. 4D07-1496.

968 So.2d 121 (2007)

C.J., the father, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean Conway, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeffrey P. Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STONE, J.

We reverse an order adjudicating C.J. dependent and remand for a new final hearing. Appellant is the child's father.

The department alleges that C.J. is at substantial risk of imminent threat of harm, as defined in section 39.01(30), Florida Statutes, or imminent neglect, as defined in section 39.01(43), Florida Statutes, arising out of Appellant's history of domestic violence against the mother.

The department concedes that the trial court...

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