C.C. v. H.C.

PREWITT, Judge.

Respondent, the maternal grandmother of a two-year-old male child filed a petition seeking to terminate the parental rights of appellant, the mother of the child, and to adopt the child. Appellant was served with a summons and the petition on April 21, 1992. She did not respond within the time allotted and the court entered an order on June 9, 1992, purporting to terminate her parental rights and placing the child in the custody of respondent “for purposes of adoption.”

On July 23, 1992, appellant filed a “motion to set aside default judgment”, reciting in the motion that it was…