C.H.P. v. Department of Children & Family Services

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT In the Interest of A.P., a child, ) __________________________________ ) ) C.H.P., ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND ) FAMILY SERVICES, ) ) Appellee. ) ) Case No. 2D02-2654 Opinion filed July 23, 2003. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk County; Roger A. Alcott, Judge. Beth Harlan of Beth Harlan, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellant. Douglas Sherman, Bartow, for Appellee. KELLY, Judge. The mother, C.H.P., challenges the order finding her child, A.P., dependent. We affirm the order without discussion. We remand, however, for correction of the written adjudicatory order which provides that the mother consented to the dependency. The order shall be corrected to reflect that the trial court found A.P. dependent following a trial. Affirmed; remanded with instructions. FULMER and DAVIS, JJ., Concur. -2-

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