Department of Human Services v. I. S.

In this consolidated juvenile dependency appeal, father appeals a judgment finding jurisdiction over his two children under ORS 419B.100(l)(c), on the basis that father had done nothing to assert legal custody of his children despite his awareness that mother could not safely parent them. On appeal, father argues that the Department of Human Services (DHS) was required to prove that father’s lack of a custody order exposed the children to a risk of serious loss or injury and that it failed to meet that burden. Accordingly, father argues that the juvenile court erred in finding jurisdiction…