Paquin v. DHRS

561 So.2d 1286 (1990)

John PAQUIN, Sr., Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

No. 89-1287.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 24, 1990.

Beverly B. Kennedy of Hood-Matthews & Kennedy, Inverness, for appellant.

Arthur R. Shell, Jr., Gainesville, for appellee.

GOSHORN, Judge.

John Paquin appeals an order finding his three children dependent and enjoining him from any contact with the children. We reverse, in part, for the reasons hereinafter set forth.

A dependency petition was filed alleging that Paquin had abused his eight year old daughter,…