J.C. v. Florida Department of Children & Family Services

ROTHENBERG, Judge.

The father, J.C., appeals from an order adjudicating his children, D.C. and L.C., dependent. We affirm.1

In February 2005, the Florida Department of Children and Family Services (“Department”) took the children into custody, and thereafter filed a Dependency Petition (“Petition”) against the mother and father. The Petition alleges, in part, that the father neglected the children and/or was likely to neglect the children, and that the children were under imminent risk of harm, abuse, or neglect.

At the adjudicatory hearing, Detective Streeter of the North Miami Police…