Legal Opinion

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 27, 2006No. 2D06-964PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FULMER, Chief Judge.

M.C., the Mother, appeals from the trial court’s order adjudicating her four children dependent. Because we conclude that the evidence was legally insufficient to support the adjudication, we reverse the trial court’s Order of Dependency Adjudication and Disposition as to the Mother.

Facts and Procedural History

The Mother and her oldest child, D.Y., apparently had a difference of opinion over what he was to wear to school on June 14, 2005. D.Y. was eleven years old at the time. He was still angry when his Mother dropped him and his siblings off at school, so he slammed the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. R.F. v. Florida Department of Children & FamiliesSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Gaines v. Dept. of Children and FamiliesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  3. Dh v. Department of Children and Fam.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  4. C.M. v. Department of Children & Family ServicesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  5. OS v. Department of Children & FamiliesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Department of Children & Family Services v. K.D.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
  2. C.M. v. Department of Children & Family ServicesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  3. In Re SMDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  4. L.A.G. v. Department of Children & Family ServicesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  5. R.K. v. Department of Children & Family ServicesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010

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