CJ v. Department of Children & Families

968 So.2d 121 (2007)

C.J., the father, Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 4D07-1496.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 21, 2007.

Sean Conway, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeffrey P. Bassett, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

STONE, J.

We reverse an order adjudicating C.J. dependent and remand for a new final hearing. Appellant is the child's father.

The department alleges that C.J. is at substantial risk of imminent threat of harm, as defined in section 39.01(30),…