L.F. v. Department of Children & Families

We have no option but to reverse the finding of dependency in this matter, not on the merits but on the insufficiency of the record. Although the court had the proceedings recorded, some of the tapes failed to record.

Even though the Department of Children and Families conceded that it had *265failed to prove some of its material allegations, the court found:

However, denominated within the allegations contained within paragraph nine, it all boils down to this, the mother despite her best efforts is a mental health patient, her children are mental health patients, she does not have the ability to…