T.T.W. v. V.A.

THOMPSON, Judge.

On August 9, 2001, T.T.W. (“the father”) filed a dependency petition in which he alleged, among other things, that D.Q.A. (“the child”) had lived with him since the child was nine months old; that V.A. (“the mother”) had dropped the child off at the father’s workplace; and that the mother had told the father that he could keep the child. The trial court granted the father temporary custody of the child on August 9, 2001.

On August 16, 2001, the mother answered and filed a counterpetition in which she sought primary physical custody of the child. On November 2, 2001, the mother…