IN THE INTEREST OF D.W.

No. 2D12-759.

91 So.3d 922 (2012)

In the Interest of D.W., a child. R.W., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Family Services and Guardian ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Radha Rothrock of Rothrock Law Firm PL, Bonita Springs, for Appellant.

Jeffrey Dana Gillen , West Palm Beach, for Appellee Department of Children and Family Services.

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


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The father, R.W., appeals an order of dependency as to his minor child, D.W. The Department of Children and Family Services concedes error. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The Department sheltered D.W. in September 2011, when the child was approximately eight years old. The child's mother was incarcerated at the time, and the Department maintained that R.W. had failed to protect the child from the mother's known...

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