R.R. v. Chilton Cnty. Dep't of Human Res.

THOMAS, Judge.

In September 2017, the Chilton County Department of Human Resources ("DHR") filed a petition in the Chilton Juvenile Court ("the juvenile court") seeking to have R.E.R. ("the child") declared dependent. The juvenile court held a shelter-care hearing and, on September 8, 2017, entered a shelter-care order. The juvenile court then set the matter for an adjudicatory hearing, which, after requested continuances were granted, was held on December 7, 2017. In November 2017, R.R. ("the father") and P.W.R. ("the stepmother") moved the juvenile court to "compel" DHR to require the…