Case Name: Samantha GELROD, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-02-01
Citations: 648 So. 2d 862
Docket Number: No. 94-1621
Parties: Samantha GELROD, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 648
Pages: 862–863

Head Matter:
Samantha GELROD, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
No. 94-1621.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 1, 1995.
William S. Poliak, Miami, for appellant.
Cooper & Wolfe, Christine M. Ng and Robin H. Greene, Miami, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The mother, Samantha Gelrod, appeals from an amended final order adjudicating her son, J.A., dependent. We affirm.
The mother contends that the evidence of neglect is legally insufficient to support an adjudication of dependency in accordance with section 39.01(37), Florida Statutes (1993). We disagree.
"An adjudication of dependency must be based upon a showing of abuse, abandonment, or neglect." I.T. v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Servs., 532 So.2d 1085, 1087 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); § 39.01(10)(a), Fla. Stat. (1993). Additionally, "[pjroof of neglect sufficient to establish a state of dependency must be met by a preponderance of the evidence standard." I.T., 532 So.2d at 1087; § 39.408(2)(b), Fla.Stat. (1993).
After a review of the record, we find that there is a preponderance of the evidence to support the trial court's finding that the mother neglected her child. Therefore, the trial court properly adjudicated J.A. dependent.
Accordingly, we affirm.