State ex rel. Juvenile Department v. C. S. W.

In this juvenile dependency case, parents appeal from a review hearing order, assigning error to the juvenile court’s finding that, during a particular three-month period, the Department of Human Services (DHS) made reasonable efforts to reunify them with their children. Shortly before oral argument, the state moved to dismiss the appeal, contending that the appeal had been rendered moot by parents’ reunification with their children. We agree and dismiss the appeal.

The children, J and T, were removed from parents’ home in late November 2006 following allegations that mother had used excessive…