State ex rel. H.M.

| Nile minor children, H.M. and Q.M., were adjudicated as children in need of care following the brutal death of their three-year-old sister, R.M., at the hand of their designated caretaker, T.W. The mother, D.M, has appealed from the juvenile court’s judgment granting custody of H.M. and Q.M. to their father, J.G., and supervised visitation to D.M. with the children as agreed upon by the parties. The State of Louisiana filed a brief urging this court to uphold the juvenile court’s ruling; the attorney for J.G. and counsel for the children join the state in asking that the trial court’s…