T.T.W. v. C.C.

WALLER, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This case involves a minor girl who is the natural daughter of two unmarried young people. Because of the natural parents’ drug (marijuana and cocaine) and alcohol use, the child went through withdrawal after her birth. The Department of Human Services placed the child in the custody of her maternal grandparents almost immediately after her discharge from the hospital. The natural parents relinquished their parental rights and consented to the maternal grandparents’ adoption of the child.

¶ 2. The child’s paternal grandmother, who is of Vietnamese descent, filed a…