M.C.S. v. R.D.S. (Ex parte N.M.D.)

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

On February 10, 2016, M.C.S. ("the maternal grandmother") filed in the Madison Juvenile Court ("the juvenile court") a petition that initiated two dependency actions seeking to have her two minor grandchildren declared dependent. In her petition, the maternal grandmother alleged that A.O.A. was the child of R.D.S. ("the mother") and L.O.A., from whom the mother was divorced in 2010, and that N.M.D. was the father of the mother's other child, N.C.D. ("the child"). The maternal grandmother alleged that none of the parents could properly care for the children and that,…