STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,

v.

SCOTT HARGREAVES, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• R.S. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 881 So. 2d 1130 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004)
  …ne while the children were in his care and custody, that he exposed the children to controlled substances, or that his use or possession of controlled substances in any way adversely affected the children. See P.D. v. Dep’t of Children and Families, 866 So. 2d 100 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004)(holding that to show that the child was harmed by mother’s use of cocaine during pregnancy, as would support finding of abuse for purposes of dependency action following presence of cocaine being found in child’s blood at birth,…
• J.B.M. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 870 So. 2d 946 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004)
  …is imminent. We will address each in turn. An abandoned child is one whose parent or caregiver, “while being able, makes no provision for the child’s support and makes no effort to communicate with the child.” P.D. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 866 So. 2d 100, 101 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004) (quoting § 39.01(1), Fla. Stat. (2002)). Here, there was no allegation of abandonment, nor was evidence of abandonment introduced or argued. Consequently, there can be no finding of dependency based on abandonment, and we ca…
• J.B. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 928 So. 2d 392 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006)
  …See § 39.01(30)(g), Fla. Stat. (2004). Here, DCF presented no evidence that Appellant’s drug use was continuous, chronic, or severe, or that J.B. was demonstrably adversely affected by Appellant’s drug use. See P.D. v. Dep’t of Children & Families, 866 So. 2d 100, 102 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).2 The trial court’s order also suggests J.B. was harmed by witnessing the search of his home and his parents’ arrest. Again, no evidence was presented to support this finding. Specifically, DCF did not offer any testimony,…

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Authorities Cited

• Daniels v. Cochran, 654 So. 2d 609 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995)