T.D.I. v. A.P.

DONALDSON, Judge.

T.D.I. (“the grandmother”) appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Juvenile Court, Bessemer Division (“the juvenile court”), in which her petition for custody of A.M.P. (“the child”) was denied. We affirm.

*809In September 2010, the mother of the child passed away. The mother and A.P. had lived together before her death but were never married. On January 5, 2011, A.P. filed a dependency petition in the juvenile court; that action was assigned case number JU-11-700018. In the petition, A.P. alleged that the child was dependent because her mother was deceased. He also claimed in…