Wmb v. Mobile County Dept. of Human Res.

In June 1998, the Mobile County Department of Human Resources ("DHR") received a report that S.D.W., who was three months old, had been admitted to the hospital with a skull fracture. According to the treating physician, the explanation of the cause of the fracture was not plausible, and the fracture was likely the result of physical abuse. While S.D.W. was hospitalized, W.M.B. ("the mother"), visited, bringing T.B., who was 16 months old, with her. The mother left both children unattended in the hospital room for three hours. DHR took custody of both children on June 19, 1998.

After S.D.W.…