In Re Williamson

WHICHARD, Judge.

When this matter was heard in the trial court, the father of the subject juvenile was in jail without bond awaiting trial on a charge of murdering the mother. The juvenile had been judicially declared to be dependent, and temporary custody had been placed with the Columbus County Department of Social Services.

The dispositional hearing which resulted in the order from which this appeal is taken was attended by the juvenile’s paternal aunt, Fredrickia Williamson Britt, and the juvenile’s maternal first cousin once removed, Melissa Brown Clark. Each, together with her respective…