In the Interest of T.B.L.T.

Facts and Procedural History

On 27 April 2011, the Juvenile Office filed a petition requesting that the family court take jurisdiction over T.B.L.T., a minor child born on 6 October 2006. The juvenile officer alleged that T.B.L.T was without proper care, custody or support. The family court held a hearing on the petition on 27 June 2011, and the child’s mother, Appellant Elizabeth Lindsay (“Mother”), was present and represented by counsel.

At the hearing, the Juvenile Office presented the testimony of two witnesses — (i) Amanda Caruso, a social worker with the Children’s Division of the…