· 1/16/1998
Eddy v. CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
Citations
- 704 So. 2d 734
- 1998 WL 11857
How courts have described this case
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- reversing dependency of natural daughter where father had been placed on probation years earlier for abusing two nephews when father was thirteen to sixteen years old-with no further showing of risk to the present daughter
- reversing dependency of natural daughter where father had been placed on probation years earlier for abusing two nephews when father was thirteen to sixteen years old-with no further showing of risk to the present daughter
- insufficient nexus between father's prior sexual abuse of his nephews, and prospective sexual abuse of his natural female child
- \Additional evidence such as testimony from a mental health specialist that the parent or custodian suffers from an untreatable problem would provide the nexus between the prior abuse and the allegation of prospective abuse.\
- “Additional evidence such as testimony from a mental health specialist that the parent or custodian suffers from an untreatable problem would provide the nexus between the prior abuse and the allegation of prospective abuse.”
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Judges: Thompson
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