S.T. v. Department of Children & Family Services

CASANUEYA, Judge.

S.T. appeals the order finding her children, K.C., aged eleven, and D.C., aged six, dependent as to her, primarily because the circuit court believed that she was in denial about the hazard the father’s alcohol and substance abuse presented to the children. She claims the circuit court erred in adjudicating the children dependent, arguing that the evidence does not support the circuit court’s finding that she will fail to protect them from imminent harm caused by their father’s drinking.1 We agree and reverse, holding that the record does not contain competent, substantial…