A.R.S. v. J.E.M.

PARKER, Justice.

I.Trial Court Proceedings

This case concerns a minor child, K.D.H. J.E.M., K.D.H.’s natural father, filed a petition to determine paternity and seeking custody of K.D.H. The Calhoun County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) filed a petition alleging K.D.H. to be dependent and seeking custody of K.D.H. A.R.S., the maternal great-grandmother, filed a motion to intervene, which the trial court granted as to the dispositional phase only, and a petition alleging dependency and seeking custody of K.D.H. These proceedings were consolidated. After a hearing, the trial court found…