Matter of T.W.

I must respectfully dissent from the majority’s affirmance without opinion. The relevant facts are as follows. In September 1995, the Chilton County Department of Human Resources (DHR) filed a petition in the Chilton County Juvenile Court in the matter of T.W., a minor child. The petition stated:

“The said child is a dependent child in that said child is presently a patient at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama; and that said child’s father is unable to exercise the care and supervision of said child; and that the whereabouts of said child’s mother are unknown, and that said child is a…