C.M. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources

PITTMAN, Judge.

C.M. (“the mother”) appeals from judgments of the Madison Juvenile Court terminating her parental rights to her four children: R.L., whose date of birth is May 9, 1999; R.M., whose date of birth is May 26, 2004; T.M., whose date of birth is December 15, 2005; and A.M., whose date of birth is January 20, 2009. On appeal, the mother argues that the judgments terminating her parental rights are void because, she says, the juvenile court lacked personal jurisdiction over her.

On October 20, 2011, the Madison County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) petitioned to terminate the…