Opinion · District Court of Appeal of Florida
Fetters v. DHRS
Fetters v. DHRS, 589 So. 2d 959 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
- Jurisdiction
- Florida
- Date
- 1991-10-31
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- reversing dependency of natural child where father had sexually abused a stepchild-with no further showing of risk to current child
- finding evidence that father had physically abused stepchild legally insufficient to support determination that father's natural child was dependent
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Fetters v. DHRS. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
- Cited by
- 11 opinions
Ronald FETTERS, Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
No. 90-2187.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
October 31, 1991. Rehearing Denied December 18, 1991.Roger L. Weeden, Orlando, for appellant.
Patricia A. Savitz, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Orlando, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
D., the natural child of Ronald Fetters, appellant, was adjudicated to be dependent almost entirely because the father had physically abused a step-child, T. The father has emotional and psychological problems but there was no evidence that he abused his natural child, D. We have examined the facts and circumstances in this case and find them legally insufficient to support a determination of dependency and the placing of the child's custody with HRS.
The order adjudicating dependency and disposition as to the natural child, D., is, accordingly,
REVERSED.
DAUKSCH, W. SHARP, and COWART, JJ., concur.