L.A.W. v. State

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Judge:

L.A.W. appeals the juvenile court’s order granting permanent sole custody of her children, M.W. and S.W., to their maternal grandmother, A.M. We affirm the juvenile court’s determination that the parental presumption was rebutted, but reverse and remand for further proceedings to determine the issue of custody in the children’s best interests.

BACKGROUND

L.A.W. is the father of M.W., born on March 17, 1987, and S.W., born on January 20, 1991. L.A.W. and W.M., the children’s mother, married in 1986. Both L.A.W. and W.M. are legally blind, and L.A.W. is also partially…