Legal Opinion
J.L. v. Department of Children & Family Services
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 30, 2002No. 2D01-4793PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COVINGTON, Judge.
The father, J.L., Sr., challenges an order that finds his minor child, J.L., dependent. The order withholds an adjudication of dependency but places the child under the supervision of the Department of Children and Family Services (the Department). The trial court determined that the father’s health problems rendered him unable to provide for the child without assistance. The father, contends that such was an improper basis for a finding of dependency. We agree and reverse.
The Department took J.L. into custody on October 19, 2000, the day he was born. In the dependency…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Padgett v. Dept. of Health & Rehab. ServicesSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
- R.F. v. Florida Department of Children & FamiliesSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
- In Interest of TDDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
- It v. State, Dept. of Health & Rehab. Serv.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
- Richmond v. DEPT, HEALTH. & REHAB. SERV.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- In the Interest of L.C. v. Department of Children & Family ServicesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
- In the Interest of T.B. v. Department of Children & Family ServicesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
- TM v. Dept. of Children and FamiliesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
- CB v. Department of Children & FamiliesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
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