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R.P. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY

No. 2D06-3161.

975 So.2d 435 (2007)

R.P., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Hancock, Bradenton, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tanya E. DiFilippo, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

CASANUEVA, Judge.

R.P., the father of a daughter born in June 2000, appeals from a final judgment terminating his parental rights based on allegations that he had sexually abused his child. R.P. contends that the child was incompetent to testify and that the evidence was legally insufficient to demonstrate that he sexually abused her. In an unusual but forthright response, the State concedes that the trial court committed reversible error, and we agree. Accordingly...

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