In re S. E. H.

Benham, Judge.

This appeal follows an order of the Juvenile Court of Newton County finding S. E. H. to be a deprived child and awarding temporary custody of the child to her maternal grandmother. The child’s father applied for discretionary review of the trial court’s decision, and we granted his application.

S. E. H.’s father was awarded custody of her by virtue of a divorce decree entered in March 1983. According to the grandmother’s testimony, appellant surrendered physical custody of the child to the maternal grandmother in March 1984 due to problems with his new wife. S. E. H. returned to…