EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.
This is a child custody case.
The Jackson County Department of Pensions and Security (D.P.S.) sought custody of Christie, a seven-year-old daughter of Mrs. Lee (The mother). It was averred in the petition that Christie was a dependent child. After an extended ore tenus trial upon the adjudicatory phase of the case, the juvenile court determined Christie to be a dependent child "in that she has no proper parental care...
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