A.S. v. Department of Children & Family Services

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

A child, E.G-S., was taken into protective custody based on allegations of abuse at the hands of her mother, A.S. The Department of Children and Family Services filed a dependency petition against A.S. The child’s parents are divorced, and the petition made no allegations against the child’s father, J.G. The mother was offered a reunification case plan and she began working on her required tasks.

After a trial on the petition, the court declared E.G-S. dependent. Several weeks later, it entered a disposition order, placing the child with her nonoffending father and, on DCF’s…