C.E. v. M.G.

MOORE, Judge.

C.E., the mother of R.G. (“the child”), filed a petition seeking a writ of mandamus compelling the Walker Juvenile Court to vacate its September 23, 2014, order finding the child to be dependent and awarding “temporary custody” of the child to M.G., the child’s father. For the reasons discussed infra, we treat the mother’s petition as an appeal, and we affirm in part and reverse in part.

Background

In December 2008, the father’s paternity of the child was adjudicated by the St. Clair Juvenile Court; in that action, the mother was designated as the child’s primary physical custodian…