R.S. v. B.C.

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

On September 12, 2016, B.C. ("the aunt") filed a petition in the Coffee Juvenile Court ("the juvenile court") seeking to have W.C. ("the child") declared dependent and seeking an award of custody of the child. In that petition, the aunt alleged that the child's father was incarcerated and that the child's mother, R.S. ("the mother"), had exposed the child to violence and was financially unable to provide for him. The aunt also filed a separate petition seeking an award of emergency custody of the child.

On September 13, 2016, the juvenile court conducted a hearing on…