Thorn v. Commonwealth

OPINION

DYCHE, Judge.

On August 28, 2003, the McCracken Family Court removed A.R. from the custody of his maternal great-grandmother, Joan Thorn, based on a finding of neglect. The child was placed into the custody of his paternal grandmother, Shirley Robinson. Thorn appealed that ruling to the McCracken Circuit Court, which reversed the family court, but then vacated its judgment for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

The sole issue in this case is whether the circuit court properly declined subject matter jurisdiction of the appeal from the family court order. We find that it did and affirm.

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