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

KELLY, Judge.

C.M. (the father) appeals from the order adjudicating his biological children, C.M., C.M. and Z.M., dependent. The trial court found that the father had “an anger management problem” and had used “inappropriate parenting approaches” when he became angry, and as a result had harmed his children. The father argues that the Department’s evidence was legally insufficient to warrant an adjudication of dependency. We agree and reverse.

The dependency adjudication in this case was based primarily on an incident involving the father and his teenage stepdaughter. The mother described the…