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IN RE D.P.

No. 12-0141.

737 S.E.2d 282 (2012)

In re D.P.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 21, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. , Attorney General, Katherine M. Bond, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, White Hall, WV, for Petitioner Department of Health and Human Resources.

Allison Adyniec Cowden, Esq. , Weirton, WV, Guardian Ad Litem for D.P.

Duane C. Rosenlieb, Jr., Esq. , Saint Albans, WV, Richard H. Lorenson, Esq. , Charleston, WV, F. William Brogan, Jr., Esq. , Weirton, WV, for Respondent J.W.

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Hancock County, the Department of Health and Human Resources appeals a circuit court's order dismissing a petition alleging a father had abused and neglected his daughter. After vesting legal custody of the child with the child's grandmother — a disposition the Department supported — the circuit court determined that further hearings on the petition would be "idiotic" and not in the best interests...

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