D.C. v. J.C.

PITTMAN, Judge.

D.C. (the “father”) and S.S.C. (the “mother”) are the parents of H.C. (the “child”) who was born in April 1995. When the child was 12 days old, the father dropped her. The child’s skull was fractured, which caused her to suffer from *18permanent-partial paralysis and some brain damage resulting in learning disabilities and seizures. Shortly after the child’s 1995 accident the Madison County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) filed a dependency petition. The trial court found the child to be dependent and awarded custody to J.C. and C.C. (“the paternal grandparents”) in June…