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IN RE A.W.J.

No. 2D13-4877.

143 So.3d 1109 (2014)

In the Interest of A.W.J., a child. N.J., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families, and Guardian ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 1, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Beasley , The Beasley Law Firm, P.L., Pinellas Park, for Appellant.

Bernie McCabe , State Attorney, and Leslie M. Layne , Assistant State Attorney, Clearwater, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Laura E. Lawson , Statewide Guardian ad Litem, Sanford, for Appellee Guardian ad Litem Program.

SLEET, Judge.

N.J., the father, appeals an order finding that the State proved by a preponderance of the evidence that he abused his son, A.W.J., and adjudicating A.W.J. dependent. He argues on appeal that the trial court erred in adjudicating A.W.J. dependent because the State failed to meet its evidentiary burden. We agree and reverse.

According to the father's testimony, he placed six-month-old A.W.J. in a Bumbo chair on the floor and went to the kitchen...

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