J.S. v. Dept. 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 J.S., a child. _____________________________ ) ) ) J.S. ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN ) AND FAMILY SERVICES, ) ) Appellee. ) ________________________________ ) Opinion filed December 8, 2006. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Manatee County; Scott M. Brownell, Judge, and Thomas M. Gallen, Senior Judge. Robert G. Hancock, Bradenton, for Appellant. Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Christopher Perone, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. CANADY, Judge. Case No. 2D06-461 J.S., the father, appeals from an order adjudicating his daughter, J.D.S., dependent. Because the State correctly concedes that the evidence adduced at trial was legally insufficient to support the adjudication of dependency, we reverse. Reversed. FULMER, C.J., and WHATLEY, J., Concur. -2-
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