Department of Human Services v. G. G.

Father appeals a permanency judgment that amended the permanency plan from reunification of the family to an alternative plan of adoption. The issue in this juvenile dependency case is whether the juvenile court erred when it denied father’s motion to transfer jurisdiction to a Montana court before allowing the parties to present facts and legal arguments related to communications between the juvenile and Montana courts concerning father’s motion. We conclude that the juvenile court erred in doing so, vacate the permanency judgment, and remand.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. In…