C.K. v. Cabinet for Health & Family Services

OPINION

MAZE, JUDGE:

C.K. appeals from the Mason Circuit Court’s denial of his petition for immediate entitlement to custody of his daughter M.K. He argues that the trial court failed to conduct the proper legal analysis before it denied his petition. We affirm the circuit court.

Background

On the morning of October 20, 2015, seven-year-old M.K’s home in Maysville, Kentucky was destroyed by fire. Although M.K. managed to escape, the fire claimed the lives of her mother and her brothers. Shortly thereafter, social workers with the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services…