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H.C. v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVS.

No. 3D14-348.

141 So.3d 243 (2014)

H.C., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES and Guardian ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herscher & Herscher, P.A., and Ilene Herscher , Coral Gables, for appellant.

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

Before ROTHENBERG, LAGOA, and LOGUE, JJ.

ROTHENBERG, J.

H.C. ("the Father") appeals an order adjudicating his children, H.C.(1) and H.C.(2) (collectively, "the Children"), dependent based on a finding of "abuse" as defined in section 39.01(2), Florida Statutes (2013). We reverse.

In December 2013, the Department of Children and Family Services ("the Department") filed a verified petition for dependency, alleging abuse based on "two purple-green, non-patterned bruises on [H.C.(2)'s] left lateral thigh...

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