In Re: D.M.

Chief Justice Ketchum:

This abuse and neglect proceeding is before this Court upon the consolidated appeals of Kristina G. (the “mother”) and Buddy M. (the “father”) who are the biological parents of a child, D.M., bom in March 2010. 1 Upon petitions filed by the assistant prosecutor in the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, D.M. was removed from the mother and father and placed in the custody of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (the “DHHR”). During the proceedings which followed, a separate guardian ad litem was appointed for each of the parents and D.M., and each…