E.M.A. v. Department of Children & Families

E.M.A. (Appellant), who is the 30-year-old father of two minor children, appeals a final order finding the children dependent, withholding an adjudication of dependency, and ordering the children (who formerly lived with Appellant) to remain in the temporary physical care and custody of their paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother pending further order of the court.1 We have jurisdiction. K.S. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 760 So.2d 1068 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000); Fla.R.App.P. 9.146(b). Appellant contends that the finding of dependency does not meet statutory requirements and that the…