Fausnaught v. Newton County Juvenile Office

Roxie Fausnaught (“Appellant”), maternal grandmother of H.B. and H.D., filed a motion to intervene in cases pending in the Circuit Court of Newton County in which her four grandchildren were placed in foster care after a protective custody hearing was held on April 22, 2004, due to an emergency removal by the Division of Family Services (“DFS”) on April 9, 2004. Her motion to intervene was denied and she now appeals the denial pro se. We have consolidated the two appeals.

The record is devoid of any evidence regarding the type of case from which Appellant appeals. While the record reveals that…