WANDA WRIGHT, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

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• In the Interest of D.J. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs. & Guardian Ad Litem Program, 9 So. 3d 750 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009)
  …pite the fact that many of the Mother’s problems were the direct result of the Department’s adversarial and obstructionist tactics, we cannot say that the trial court abused its discretion in adjudicating D.J. dependent. See In the Interest of L.C., 947 So. 2d 1240, 1243 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007) (noting that an appellate court reviews a dependency adjudication for abuse of discretion). “An adjudication of dependency will be upheld if the court applied the correct law and its factual rulings are supported by competen…
• S.S. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 81 So. 3d 618 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012)
  …r cannot stay employed, because of alcohol or drug use. In sum, there was insufficient evidence that the Mother abuses alcohol and drugs or that the children risk impending abuse and neglect from the Mother’s use of those substances. See In re L.C., 947 So. 2d 1240, 1245-46 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007); J.B.M. 870 So. 2d at 951. Domestic Violence Domestic violence may constitute abuse if it occurs in the child’s presence, the child saw or was aware of the violence occurring, and the violence resulted in physical or me…
• In the Interest of L.C. & L.C. v. Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs. & Guardian ad Litem Program, 947 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007)
  …case and that were not addressed at the trial below. Our decision today is grounded solely on the evidence presented at that trial. Reversed. CASANUEVA and SALCINES, JJ., Concur. . Our opinion in L.R. v. Department of Children & Family Services, 947 So. 2d 1240 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007) is being issued simultaneously with this opinion. . The second amended petition for dependency. . L.R.'s police reports, which DCF used to substantiate J.C.’s violence, were hearsay. § 90.801(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). At trial, L.R…