DocketNumber: 2140288
Citation Numbers: 181 So. 3d 1070
Judges: Donaldson, Moore, Pittman, Thomas, Thompson
Filed Date: 5/8/2015
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 8/22/2021
L.W. (“the mother”) appeals from a judgment of the Cullman Juvenile Court (“the juvenile court”) awarding custody of K.K. (“the child”) to P.S.
In a letter brief to this court, the Cull-man County Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) concedes that the mother did not receive notice of the nature of the proceedings and that the juvenile court did not receive any evidence at the hearing; thus, DHR concedes that the judgment was entered in a manner inconsistent with the mother’s due-process rights. Because it is undisputed that the juvenile court entered its judgment in a manner inconsistent with due process, we reverse the judgment and remand the cause to the juvenile court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
. P.S. is the paternal grandmother of the child’s half siblings but is not a biological relative of the child.