Limestone County Department of Human Resources v. McAllister

BEATTY, Justice.

This is a child dependency case. At the dependency hearing, the trial court excluded the testimony of two witnesses and held that the child was not dependent. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed and remanded, holding that the testimony of both witnesses had been improperly excluded, 541 So.2d 1099. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

On December 9, 1986, the Limestone County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) filed a petition with the Juvenile Court of Limestone County seeking to have petitioner’s four-year-old daughter declared a dependent child because she had…