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ALABAMA COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS
SPECIAL TERM, 2010

2090264

T.H. and C.H. v. J e f f e r s o n County Department o f Human Resources Appeal from J e f f e r s o n J u v e n i l e (JU-08-50009) Court

MOORE,

Judge. ("the f a t h e r " ) a n d C.H. ( " t h e m o t h e r " ) a p p e a l Juvenile Court finding from their

T.H. a

judgment

of the Jefferson

child,

G.H. ( " t h e c h i l d " ) ,

t o be dependent.

We r e v e r s e a n d

remand w i t h i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r t h e j u v e n i l e c o u r t t o d i s m i s s t h e action.

2090264 I. On Human child January Procedural History County Department o f that the had been filed

3, 2 0 0 8 , ("DHR")

the Jefferson filed

Resources was

a petition alleging the child reportedly

dependent

because

s e x u a l l y abused by the f a t h e r . a petition alleging

T h a t same d a t e , DHR a l s o of M.H., the that,

t h e dependency

child's due t o

younger the and with

sister.

In that

p e t i t i o n , DHR a l l e g e d had sexually

allegations that

the father

abused t h e c h i l d contact

t h e r e f u s a l o f the f a t h e r t o agree t o r e f r a i n from M.H., M.H. was " a t r i s k of sexual abuse."

Because t h e c h i l d the ("the court, See home

a n d M.H.

had already

been removed Family

from Court

of the parents, court"),

the Jefferson acting

County

juvenile

i n i t s capacity hearing

as a j u v e n i l e 3, 2008. that both

conducted Code

a shelter-care

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