In re the Alleged Dependent & Neglected Status of Z.Z.

BASIC POSITION

It is the position of this writer that the placement of legal custody with a guardian/relative (grandfather who dearly loves his grandson and has been the child’s primary caretaker), with appropriate supervision by DSS, and subject to such other conditions as the Court may impose, is clearly a lesser restrictive alternative; as such, and as the evidence reflects in the record (not the slanted version of facts in the majority opinion), such a disposition would be commensurate with this little boy’s best interests. Expressed another way, grandson should be with grandfather and…