W.L. v. Department of Children & Family Services

In this dependency action, the trial judge declared M.L. a dependent child based in part on the holding of In the Interest of M.F. and M.F. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, 742 So.2d 490, 491 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999), which states that a court can adjudicate a father’s natural children dependent based solely upon the father’s conviction for sexual abuse of another child. Because the supreme court has recently disapproved of this reasoning, we vacate the order and remand for further proceedings. See In the Interest of M.F. and M.F. v. Fla. Dep’t of Children and Families, 770 So.2d…