In the Interest of D.O.

DIAZ, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On August 24, 1999, the Harrison County Youth Court, Judge Michael H. Ward presiding, upon a recommendation made by the “intake unit” of the Department of Human Services (DHS), ordered an abuse and neglect petition filed on behalf of T.O. and her younger brother D.O., II, whose father and mother are D.O. and J.O., respectively. The petition alleged that the father, D.O., sexually abused his daughter, T.O., and that D.O., II, was neglected due to the fact that he resided in the same home in which T.O. suffered the abuse.1 Three separate shelter hearings were held…