Department of Children & Family Services v. D.W.

WHATLEY, Judge.

The Department of Children and Family Services appeals a circuit court order titled, “Order Denying Petition for Termination of Parental Rights, but Finding Dependency as to Mother, [D.W.], and as to Father, [T.E.], and Scheduling Disposition and Directing Preparation of Final Judgment of Dependency as to Both Parents.” T.E. filed a cross-appeal challenging that part of the order finding that the child, S.E., was dependent. We reverse this cause for a new hearing on the Department’s petition to terminate parental rights because the circuit court improperly allowed T.E.’s expert…