S.L.J. v. Greene County Juvenile Office

Appellant (Mother) challenges the termination of her parental rights with respect to her son (Child). For reasons stated herein, we reverse that part of the judgment.1

Background

In April 2010, the Children’s Division learned that Mother and her boyfriend were making methamphetamine in their apartment. Child, age 4, was removed from the home and temporarily placed with Mother’s mother (Grandmother) with instructions to keep Child away from the apartment.

Within a month, authorities discovered Child back at the apartment.2 Finding meth lab components and smelling marijuana, they arrested the…