Kennedy v. State Department of Human Resources

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

On November 25, 1987, the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) filed a petition of dependency on behalf of Quen-ton Kennedy, the eighteen-day-old child of Delores Kennedy, a single woman. A temporary order was entered granting custody to DHR. Thereafter, DHR filed a petition for permanent custody of Quenton and termination of the parental rights of the mother. After a hearing the Juvenile Court of *248Montgomery County entered a final decree, finding the child to be dependent, and terminated the parental rights of the mother. The mother by…