E.H. v. N.L.

BRYAN, Judge.

E.H. (“the mother”) appeals a judgment of the Houston Juvenile Court finding the parties’ minor child A.L. (“the child”) — a boy born on October 3, 1998 — dependent and awarding N.L. (“the father”) custody of the child. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse the judgment and remand the cause with instructions.

*741On January 4, 2007, the father filed a petition in the juvenile court in which he, among other things, requested that the juvenile court find the child dependent and sought custody of the child. In his petition, the father alleged that the parties had divorced in 2000.…