In re T.C. CA2/5

FACTS PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

I. Facts

Mother has five children with three fathers. Only one son is at issue in this appeal—T.C. (born in 2016).1 T.C.’s father is T.C., Sr. Mother has three other sons (born in 2012 and 2013) whose father is E.G., and one daughter (born 2021) whose father is A.T. ~(CT 9-24)~ T.C. has lived with his father since he and mother separated when T.C. was two years old. ~(CT 28, 60)~ In 2019, T.C., Sr., filed a petition in family court seeking full custody of T.C.; mother did not respond after being served with the notice.2 ~(CT 924)~ T.C. has had scarce contact with mother, and neither

We grant the Department’s unopposed motion to dismiss the appeal as it relates to mother’s four other children named in the dependency petition.

The record does not reveal the outcome of the family law court proceedings.

2 T.C. nor his father has seen mother since mid-2019, when she came to father’s residence, gave T.C. a bath, and fell asleep on the sofa before T.C., Sr., asked her to leave. ~(CT 924-925)~ Thereafter, mother “had one video call with [T.C.], then [a] phone call[,] and that was it[;] she stopped contacting him.” ~(CT 925)~ On occasion,…