Embroy v. STATE DEPT. OF PENSIONS AND SEC.

This case concerns the termination of parental rights.

Minnie Embroy, appellant-petitioner, has a daughter, Tameka Embroy, aged eight, and twin sons, Deroy and Levoy Embroy, aged four. Dependent/neglect petitions were filed by the Department of Pensions and Security of the State of Alabama (DPS) on Embroy's three children. In Tameka's case the mother failed to appear at the first hearing, and two weeks later the referee left Tameka in the custody of her mother under supervision of DPS. Various reviews were held on Tameka's custody, from some of which the mother was absent, and custody remained…