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R.S., SR. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY

No. 3D08-825.

16 So.3d 948 (2009)

R.S., SR. and Y.S., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. George, Jr., Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region, and Richard F. Joyce, Executive Assistant Regional Counsel, for appellants.

Hillary S. Kambour, for Guardian ad Litem Program; Karla Perkins, Department of Children and Family Services, for appellee.

Before COPE, SHEPHERD, and SUAREZ, JJ.

SHEPHERD, J.

This is a parents' appeal of a trial court adjudication of dependency on the ground of neglect. See § 39.01(14)(a), Fla. Stat. (2007). The applicable statutory definition of "neglect" upon which the Florida Department of Children and Families filed its petition and the court relied, provides "`[n]eglect'" occurs when a child... is permitted to live in an environment when such . . . environment causes the child's physical, mental, or emotional...

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