IN RE: D.M., A MINOR APPEAL OF: S.M., NATURAL MOTHER

IN RE: D.M., A MINOR APPEAL OF: S.M., NATURAL MOTHER No. 584 WDA 2009 2010 PA Super 86 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 5/14/2010
	Appeal from the Order, March 5, 2009, in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Juvenile Division at No. JV-08-1251
Before: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., SHOGAN, J. AND McEWEN, P.J.E.
Opinion by: FORD ELLIOT, P.J.
On March 5, 2009, the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County denied appellant, S.M., standing in a dependency disposition hearing at which a minor male child, D.M. (“Child”), was adjudicated dependent pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 6302. Also as a part of the dispositional order, the judge ordered S.M. to comply with the Allegheny County Office of Children Youth and Families (“CYF”), obtain a drug and alcohol evaluation, and provide clean and random urine screens. S.M.’s supervised visits with Child were to remain status quo. Herein, S.M. timely appeals, asserting that, although her parental rights were previously terminated with regard to Child, she should have standing in this dependency matter as she is Child’s natural mother, Child was placed in her care and control after the termination of her parental rights, and the trial court’s order on appeal exercised control over her. Following careful review, we affirm.

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