In the Interest of Michael Y.

BECK, Judge:

Michael Y., a fourteen-year old boy, lived with his great-grandmother Mrs. Grace Y. all of his life. In this appeal, appellant Grace Y. challenges the trial court’s adjudication that Michael is a dependent child and the court’s disposition of Michael, which placed custody with his aunt, Bonnie Y.

On September 18, 1986, appellee Clinton County Children and Youth Agency (“Agency”) petitioned the trial court to declare Michael a dependent child pursuant to 42 Pa.Cons. StaiAnn. § 6302 1 , on the basis of Michael’s absences from school and his arrest for growing marijuana in his room.…