Kennedy v. State Department of Human Resources

INGRAM, Judge.

This case began in the juvenile court in January 1987 as a dependency petition filed by the Jefferson County Department of Human Resources (Department), alleging that the mother was unable to provide for the material needs of the minor child, Shelia C. Kennedy, age one. In July, June (the mother’s paternal aunt) and Kevin Dixon moved to intervene in the dependency proceeding and sought to have the juvenile court entertain their own petition alleging dependency and asking for custody of the child. Over objections, the Dixons were permitted to intervene.

After an ore tenus hearing,…