WV v. Department of Children and Families

840 So.2d 430 (2003)

W.V., Father of S.D., a child, Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellee.

No. 5D02-1589.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 21, 2003.

Jeffrey L. Dees, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Annette Pitts, Assistant District Legal Counsel, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

THOMPSON, C.J.

W.V. ("the father") appeals an order adjudicating his child, S.D., dependent. We affirm.

A shelter petition was filed by the father on 18 December 2001 because the mother, with whom the child had been residing, was arrested for violation of probation. On 14 January 2002,…