R.W. v. Department of Children & Family Services & Guardian ad Litem Program

ALTENBERND, Judge.

The father, R.W., appeals an order of dependency as to his minor child, D.W. The Department of Children and Family Services concedes error. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The Department sheltered D.W. in September 2011, when the child was approximately eight years old. The child’s mother was incarcerated at the time, and the Department maintained that R.W. had failed to protect the child from the mother’s known substance abuse problems. The Department initiated a dependency proceeding as to both parents. The mother did not contest the proceeding.…