IN RE J.H.

Nos. 2D06-3715, 2D06-3756.

956 So.2d 1210 (2007)

In the Interest of J.H., a Child. J.W.H., Sr., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee. S.M., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Snyder of David M. Snyder, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant, J.W.H., Sr.

Norman A. Palumbo, Jr., Tampa, for Appellant, S.M.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kelley R. Schaeffer, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee, Department of Children & Family Services.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The circuit court rendered an order that adjudicated two-year-old J.H. to be a dependent child and placed her with her maternal grandmother. The child's parents, J.W.H., Sr., and S.M., have filed separate appeals in which they contend that the evidence failed to prove that they neglected their daughter. We have consolidated their cases sua sponte.

A dependency determination is a mixed question of law and fact. The court's order will...

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