A.B. v. Lauderdale County Department of Human Services

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

KITCHENS, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. A.B. and B.B. 1 appeal the Lauder-dale County Youth Court’s termination of their parental rights. The Mississippi Court of Appeals affirmed the decision, and this Court granted the parents’ petition for writ of certiorari. Finding error, we reverse the Court of Appeals and remand the case for further proceedings.

Facts

¶ 2. On August 22, 2003, the Lauderdale County Department of Human Services (DHS) took custody of two of the appellant parents’ children, Tonya and Sonya, after the mother, A.B., was arrested for possession of…