IN THE INTEREST OF N.L.

No. 2D16-1862.

201 So.3d 1288 (2016)

In the Interest of N.L., a child. V.L., Appellant, v. Department of Children and Families and Guardian Ad Litem Program, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman A. Palumbo, Jr. , Tampa, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mary Soorus , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee Department of Children and Families.

Matthew C. Wilson , Sanford, for Appellee Guardian Ad Litem Program.


V.L., the father, appeals an order adjudicating his child N.L. dependent as to him. We reverse.

The Department of Children and Families and the Guardian ad Litem Program failed to present competent substantial evidence that N.L. was "at substantial risk of imminent abuse, abandonment, or neglect" by the father. See § 39...

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