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M.S. v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Case No. 5D16-3860.

208 So.3d 1276 (2017)

M.S., Father of R.S., C.S. and J.S., Children, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed January 30, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Thomas Truskoski , Special Assistant, and Jeffrey Deen , Appellate Counsel, Office of the Criminal and Civil Regional Counsel, for Appellant.

Ward L. Metzger , Appellate Counsel, Department of Children and Families, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

David Paul Krupski , Appellate Counsel, Guardian ad Litem Program, Sanford, for Guardian ad Litem.

The father, M.S., appeals an order adjudicating his teenage sons dependent. He contends that the trial court's order was not supported by competent, substantial evidence. We agree.

After observing that the evidence presented by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) was "less than overwhelming," the trial court nevertheless adjudicated...

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