M.B. v. M.M.T.

The materials provided to us by the parties show that, on February 21, 2013, M.B. (“the father”) filed in the DeKalb Juvenile Court (“the juvenile court”) a pleading entitled “Ex Parte Emergency Petition for Custody.” In that petition, in which M.M.T. (“the mother”) was named as the defendant, the father asserted, in pertinent part:

“1. The Plaintiff is the natural Father and the Defendant is the natural Mother of one (1) minor child, [R.D.B.]....

“2. That on February 18, 2013, the Defendant/Mother left the state and abandoned said child, leaving the care solely dependent on the…