# R.F. v. Florida Department of Children & Families

> Supreme Court of Florida · October 12, 2000 · 25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 811

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7736448

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Interest of M.F. and M.F., etc. R.F. v. Florida Department of Children and Families
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** October 12, 2000
- **Citations:** 25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 811; 770 So. 2d 1189; 2000 Fla. LEXIS 1995
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wells
- **Judges:** Anstead, Harding, Lewis, Only, Pariente, Quince, Shaw, Wells
- **Cited by:** 93 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a trial court may not base a final ruling of dependency solely on the fact that the parent committed a sex act on a different child, but must focus on all of the circumstances surrounding the current petition
- holding that a ruling of dependency cannot be based solely on the fact that the parent committed a sex act on a different child; instead, the decision must focus on all of the circumstances
- stating that a single act of abuse of one child does not by itself prove that other children face a substantial risk of imminent abuse and neglect

## Opinion text

WELLS, C.J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur in the result in this case.
I dissent from the decision to disapprove the opinion of the Second District.
LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ., concur.

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