A.D. v. State

CASANUEVA, Chief Judge.

A.D. appeals the trial court’s order finding her guilty of contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child, withholding adjudication, and placing her on a term of probation. Because the finding of guilt is for an offense that was not charged in the delinquency petition and is not a lesser-included of the charged offense, we reverse.

Facts

By juvenile petition, the State charged A.D. with one count of felony child abuse.1 The petition alleged that A.D. “did intentionally inflict physical or mental injury upon [C.F.], a child, or did an intentional act or actively…