In the Interest of L.C. v. Department of Children & Family Services

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

J.C. is the father of two children who were adjudicated dependent both as to him and as to their mother, L.R.1 He contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the dependency and that the adjudication was procedurally deficient as well. We need not address J.C.’s procedural complaints, because we reverse the dependency adjudication for lack of evidence.

The petition for dependency2 alleged that the children were at “substantial risk or imminent threat of harm o[r] abuse or neglect” from J.C. on two bases — inadequate supervision, § 39.01(30)(a)(3), Fla. Stat. (2005);…