People ex rel. D.R.W.

Opinion by

Judge WEBB.

J.R.J. (father) appeals from a judgment terminating the parent-child relationship between him and his child, D.R.W. (child). Because the trial court terminated father’s parental rights without having conducted a dispositional hearing after the child was adjudicated dependent and neglected as to father, we reverse and remand.

The child’s guardian contacted the Washington County Department of Social Services (Department) in the fall of 2000 when she could not control the child, who was then three years old. On November 13, 2000, the Department filed a petition in dependency…