WT v. Dept. of Children and Families

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that in order to support a finding of dependency there has to be a showing that the parent's domestic violence has had an adverse effect on the child
• reversing finding of dependency where there was no finding that any domestic violence between parents had any effect on the child
• “Since the parents are now separated and live apart, the situation which concerned the trial court no longer exists. The evidence which was presented did not show that placing the child with the natural father would endanger the child’s safety and well-being.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).