F.V.O. v. Coffee County Department of Human Resources

F.V.O., the respondent in a dependency action in the Coffee Juvenile Court, appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals from orders entered by the trial court after a dispositional-review hearing in a dependency case. A majority of the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the orders; this Court granted certiorari review. We reverse and remand.

The Coffee County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) filed petitions in the Coffee Juvenile Court on April 10, 2009, asserting that M.A.H., A.H., and B.H.V. (“the children”) were dependent and in need of care and supervision. DHR alleged that M.A.H. had been…