State ex rel. A.L.D.

| ,C.T.D. appeals a judgment rendered in favor of the State of Louisiana through the Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services (referred to as “the state” or “OCS”) terminating her parental rights to her minor child, A.L.D.1 For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court judgment and remand the matter to the trial court for further proceedings.

*1111DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

A.L.D. was born on September 24, 2006, of an extra-marital relationship between C.T.D., her mother, and B.J.D., her father.2 She first came to the attention of OCS on January 5, 2007, when OCS received a…