IN RE D.J.

No. 2D08-793.

9 So.3d 750 (2009)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ingrid Anderson, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kimberly G. Gore, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Jennifer S. Paullin, Orlando, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.


VILLANTI, Judge.

C.J., the Mother, appeals the trial court's order adjudicating her daughter, D.J., dependent. While the Department's actions in this case clearly violated the spirit, as well as the letter, of the dependency statute, we nevertheless are compelled to affirm the order declaring D.J. dependent because the trial court's ruling is supported by competent, substantial evidence.

The Mother's first contact with the Department came about when her own...

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