L.E.D. v. State Department of Human Resources

CRAWLEY, Judge.

L.E.D. and L.M.D. (hereinafter referred to as “the foster parents”) appeal from the juvenile court’s grant of a motion to dismiss filed by the State Department of Human Resources (“DHR”). We affirm.

The foster parents initiated this action in the juvenile court by filing a “Petition for Show Cause and Custody,” a “Motion for the Return of Minor Children,” and a “Motion to Stay Adoption Proceedings.” The foster parents alleged that DHR had removed from their home three children— S.D.W., A.D.W., and T.D.W. (“the children”) — and that DHR had placed the children with another couple…