M.P.G. v. Jefferson County Department of Human Resources

PITTMAN, Judge.

M.P.G. (“the mother”) appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Juvenile Court (“the juvenile court”) “closing,” i.e., effectively dismissing, a dependency action concerning T.G.G. (“the child”), the sole child born of the marriage of the mother and W.G. (“the father”). We reverse and remand.

Procedural History

On February 9, 2015, the Jefferson County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) filed a dependency petition concerning the child in the juvenile court. The petition alleged that DHR had taken the child, who was then five years old, into protective custody after she had been…