J.P. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Nos. 3D16-2152 & 3D16-1977.

208 So.3d 1258 (2017)

J.P., the father, and E.R., the mother, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed January 25, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Richard F. Joyce, P.A., and Richard F. Joyce , for appellant J.P., the father; Eugene F. Zenobi , Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region, and Kevin Coyle Colbert , Assistant Regional Counsel, for appellant E.R., the mother.

Laura J. Lee (Sanford), for the Guardian ad Litem Program; Karla F. Perkins , for the Department of Children and Families, for appellees.

Before SUAREZ, C.J. and LAGOA and SCALES, JJ.


Both E.R., the mother, and J.P., the father, appeal the trial court's detailed order adjudicating the couple's infant son dependent. We consolidated the two appeals. We affirm because the order is supported by competent, substantial evidenced adduced at the two-day dependency hearing.

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