D.M. v. Department of Children & Family Services

The mother, D.M., appeals an order adjudicating her daughter, A.B., dependent. We affirm the order without comment. However, we remand for the trial court to correct the order to reflect that the dependency adjudication of A.B. was based on the physical harm inflicted on D.O., A.B.’s half-sister, and the previous dependency adjudication of D.O., based thereon.

In the order on appeal, the trial court mistakenly referred to the neglect of D.O. and the adjudication of dependency based thereon. 1 The record, however, shows that the mother consented to adjudicating D.O. dependent for physical abuse…