RU v. Department of Children & Families

777 So.2d 1153 (2001)

R.U., Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 4D00-1586.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 14, 2001.

Kristine M. Johnson of Kristine M. Johnson, P.A., Pembroke Pines, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William M. Wittman, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

GROSS, J.

R.U. ("father") timely appeals an order granting the Department of Children and Families' dependency petition for R.U.'s daughter, K.U., whom the Department claimed was in danger of prospective abuse based…