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· 1/16/1998

Eddy v. CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

Citations

  • 704 So. 2d 734
  • 1998 WL 11857

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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