J.D.R. v. Etowah County Department of Human Resources

MOORE, Judge.

On June 29, 2009, the Etowah County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) filed a petition in the Etowah Juvenile Court (“the juvenile court”), asserting that J.E. (“the child”) was dependent because he was “without proper parental care and control necessary for his well-being” and that the child’s mother, D.E. (“the moth*392er”), who was 16 years old at the time, was in DHR’s custody because she had no home and no income with which to support the child. DHR requested that it be awarded temporary custody of the child.

A shelter-care hearing was held on June 30, 2009, after which the…