Ex Parte ARS

980 So.2d 401 (2007)

Ex parte A.R.S.

(In re A.R.S.

v.

J.E.M.).

1051215.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 31, 2007.

Charles G. Spradling, Jr., of Alabama Legal Services, P.C., Anniston, for petitioner.

James M. Sims, Anniston, for respondent.

PARKER, Justice.

I. Trial Court Proceedings

This case concerns a minor child, K.D.H.J.E.M., K.D.H.'s natural father, filed a petition to determine paternity and seeking custody of K.D.H. The Calhoun County Department of Human Resources ("DHR") filed a petition alleging K.D.H. to be dependent and seeking custody of K.D.H.A.R.S., the maternal great-grandmother, filed a…